Status: RELEASED

Patch Id: 113648-05

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Summary: SunOS 5.8: mount patch

Date:  Mar/09/2009

Installation Requirements:

NA

Solaris Release: 8

Sun OS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 113649

Topic: 

SunOS 5.8: mount patch

Relevant Architecture: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch:

4152876 4353836 4715028 4901380 4947516 6710019

Changes incorporated in this version:

6710019

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch:

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Required Patches:

Obsoleted by:

Files Included in this Patch: 

/etc/fs/nfs/mount
/sbin/mount
/usr/lib/fs/nfs/mount
/usr/sbin/mount

Problem Description: 

6710019 automountd might dump core if NFS URL is used
 
(from 113648-04)
 
4901380 forked NFS mount process uses stderr but has none
 
(from 113648-03)
 
4947516 undefined symbol in /etc/lib/nss_files.so.1 between 108993-27 through 108993-30
 
(from 113648-02)
 
4353836 if more than 255 file descriptors are already open then gethostbyname fails
4152876 getspnam_r() fails due to use of fopen() in libnsl.so in applications under load
 
(from 113648-01)
 
4715028 mount has an open file descriptor 'leak' which is exposed with parallel mounting

Revision History: 

113648-02 113648-03 113648-01 113648-04

Patch Installation Instructions: 

--------------------------------
 
Please refer to the man pages for instructions on using 'patchadd'
and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
 
The following example installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/123456-07
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 123456-07
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages. Any
other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.

Special Install Instructions: 

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NOTE 1:  To get the complete fix for BugId 6710019 (automountd might dump core
         if NFS URL is used), please also install the following patch:
 
         128624-11 (or greater)  LDAP2 client, libc, libthread and libnsl
                                 libraries patch

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, March 9, 2009