Patch-ID# 103690-05
Keywords: security cron NIS NFS y2000 stat initgroups fields crontab memory atq
Synopsis: SunOS 5.5.1: cron/crontab/at/atq/atrm patch
Date: Aug/26/97

Solaris Release: 2.5.1

SunOS Release: 5.5.1

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 103691

Topic: SunOS 5.5.1: cron/crontab/at/atq/atrm patch

	NOTE:   We recommend installing all the following bundled 
                Solaris 2.5.1 OS/Networking patches which contain the   
                Y2000 fixes: 
 
                103591-09       /kernel/fs/ufs and /usr/lib/fs/ufs/fsck patch 
                103612-27       libc, libnsl, nis_cachemgr and rpc.nisd patch
                103690-04       cron/crontab/at/atq/atrm patch 
                103866-03       BCP (binary compatibility) patch
                103948-02       accounting patch 
                103959-04       lp patch
                104433-04       pam security patch 
                104463-02       usr/bin/date patch
                104490-02       ufsdump and ufsrestore patch 
                104816-01       usr/sbin/sar patch
                104818-01       usr/bin/passwd patch 
                104820-01       usr/lib/saf/listen patch
                104822-01       usr/lib/libadm.so.1 and usr/lib/libadm.a patch                  104824-01       usr/vmsys/bin/initial patch  
                104854-01       usr/share/lib/tmac/e patch 
                104873-01       usr/bin/uustat patch
		105016-01	usr/lib/libkrb.a and usr/lib/libkrb.so.1 patch

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1178638 1230784 1233296 1255421 1258772 1265200 4063161

Changes incorporated in this version: 1265200 4063161

Relevant Architectures: sparc

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch:

Obsoleted by:

Files included with this patch:

/usr/bin/at
/usr/bin/atq
/usr/bin/atrm
/usr/bin/crontab
/usr/sbin/cron

Problem Description:

1265200 *at* security problem
4063161 *at* from 512 byte long directory gives bus error.

(from 103690-04)

1258772 atq prints 19100 something if system date is 2000 or greater

(from 103690-03)

1233296 *cron* Possible memory leak in cron

(from 103690-02)

1255421 *cron* cron jobs are not always executed
1178638 *cron* job doesn't run if set to run on 2 fields in fields 3, 4 or 5 of crontab

(from 103690-01)

1230784 *cron* can lose jobs when NIS or NFS servers hang

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
Refer to the Install.info file within the patch for instructions on
using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided
with each patch. Any other special or non-generic installation
instructions should be described below.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------

	NOTE:   We recommend installing all the following bundled 
                Solaris 2.5.1 OS/Networking patches which contain the   
                Y2000 fixes: 
 
                103591-09       /kernel/fs/ufs and /usr/lib/fs/ufs/fsck patch 
                103612-27       libc, libnsl, nis_cachemgr and rpc.nisd patch
                103690-04       cron/crontab/at/atq/atrm patch 
                103866-03       BCP (binary compatibility) patch
                103948-02       accounting patch 
                103959-04       lp patch
                104433-04       pam security patch 
                104463-02       usr/bin/date patch
                104490-02       ufsdump and ufsrestore patch 
                104816-01       usr/sbin/sar patch
                104818-01       usr/bin/passwd patch 
                104820-01       usr/lib/saf/listen patch
                104822-01       usr/lib/libadm.so.1 and usr/lib/libadm.a patch                  104824-01       usr/vmsys/bin/initial patch  
                104854-01       usr/share/lib/tmac/e patch 
                104873-01       usr/bin/uustat patch
		105016-01	usr/lib/libkrb.a and usr/lib/libkrb.so.1 patch