Recently I sent the following request to the sun managers mailing list:
> Hello Sun Managers,
> I am trying to get some patches for Sunos. In the FAQ, it mentions a
> Sun patch database via a 1-800 number.
>
> > 3) How do I find out what patches are available from Sun?
> >
> > You can call the Sun patch database system at 1-800-477-4768,
> > login as "guest". You can search for patches and have them
> > mailed to you.
> >
> > Many anonymous ftp sites have partial collections of patches.
> >
> > The Sun User Group (SUG) CD ROM also has a collection of Sun
> > patches.
> >
>
> I have been trying to get the patches by using the number above, but
> with little success. I get a busy signal at all hours (even late at
> night). Is it really that busy? I was wondering if I could get the
> patches from somewhere else (hopefully on the internet). I looked on
> uunet.uu.net (sun-dist dir.) and found only a few of them. So, what I
> am wondering is:
>
> a) Is the Sun patch database up and running?
>
> b) What are some of the internet sites that have patches? I would
> prefer sites that list patches by patch id number? (i.e. 100137-01,
> which is one of the patches that I really need) But, I will take what
> I can get. I have found some "fixes" on uunet's and princeton.edu's
> sun-fixes dir, but none of these are listed by patch id number.
>
> I have a list of patches and descriptions compiled by another sun
> manager's reader that he posted a while back. (I will include it
> below.) Please send me any information that you may have. If there is
> a call for it, I will post a summary.
I now have answers to both of these and would like to share the information
with other readers.
A.) The answer to the first question about the patch BBS, is that the
BBS is indeed up and running. I still can not figure out why I was
getting busy signals. I even tried from a desk phone and heard the
busy tone. I tried a couple of days later and all was well, and it
still is.
I reguested several patches and they all arrived by e-mail. I hear
they will be sent via U.S. mail on tape if they can't be e-mailed.
B. I also received a list of a bunch of internet sites that had
sun-fixes on them. I downloaded some patches from them via anonymous
ftp (remember to use binary mode). One of the replies that I received
contained a listing that was generated by the Archie service from
asking what machines had 'sun-fixes'. For those of you that don't
know. Archie is a database that contains what files many internet FTP
hosts contain.
For those of you that want more information on Archie, just send email to
'archie@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca' and make a one line message containing the
word 'help'. This is a machine generated reply. To be safe, I made the
'Subject:' line have the word help too. I hear that 'archie.sura.net',
has this service too, but have not tried it. There are other sites too,
but I can't seem to find information on them.
Below I have the output from archie about sun-fixes, a listing of many
patches and what they fix, and a list of who sent replies.
Thanks for all of the help,
Chuck Smoko
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=================================== ARCHIE =============================
Host a.cs.uiuc.edu
Location: /pub/Sun
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Jan 24 1990 sun-fixes
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Mar 27 1991 sun-fixes
Host aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 2048 Sep 27 12:43 sun-fixes
Host akiu.gw.tohoku.ac.jp
Location: /pub/net
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 512 Aug 2 00:47 sun-fixes
Host anthro.anthro.utah.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Apr 10 00:00 sun-fixes
Host ariadne.csi.forth.gr
Location: /pub/comp/sun
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1536 Sep 13 13:51 sun-fixes
Host arthur.cs.purdue.edu
Location: /pub/pcert/sun
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Sep 29 01:32 sun-fixes
Host bikini.cis.ufl.edu
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Oct 2 05:26 sun-fixes
Host bnlux0.bnl.gov
Location: /secmem
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Mar 22 1990 sun-fix
Host cac.washington.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Oct 3 1990 sun-fix
Host ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au
Location: /pub/sun
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Oct 24 10:03 sun-fixes
Host ccu.umanitoba.ca
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Oct 21 15:33 sun-fixes
Host chsun1.spc.uchicago.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1536 Sep 27 16:23 sun-fix
Host cobalt.cco.caltech.edu
Location: /caltech
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Jun 7 19:25 sun-fixes
Host cs.dal.ca
Location: /pub/comp.archives/aus.archives
FILE -r--r--r-- 1151 Oct 25 06:15 sun-fixes-patches-ftpable-from-munnari
Location: /pub/comp.archives
DIRECTORY drwxrwxrwx 512 Apr 25 00:00 official-sun-fixes
DIRECTORY drwxrwxrwx 512 Apr 13 00:00 princeton-sun-fixes
Host cs.orst.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Feb 9 1991 sun-fixes
Location: /pub/sun-fixes
FILE -rw-r--r-- 978 Mar 1 1989 880124-sun-fixes-dir
FILE -rw-r--r-- 1128 Mar 1 1989 890214-sun-fixes-dir
Host cs.ubc.ca
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Oct 23 10:19 sun-fixes
Host cs.umn.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Oct 21 14:46 sun-fixes
Host cs.uni-sb.de
Location: /misc/sun
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 5632 Oct 25 19:49 sun-fixes
Host csc2.anu.edu.au
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Oct 22 23:14 sun-fixes
Host dept-gw.cs.yale.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 512 Aug 26 17:03 sun-fixes
Host dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Aug 20 1990 sun-fixes
Host emx.utexas.edu
Location: /pub/mnt/source/sun
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1536 Sep 13 14:27 sun-fixes
Host faui43.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
Location: /portal
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Jan 16 1991 sun-fixes
Host guardian.cs.psu.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Oct 31 21:17 sun-fixes
Host gumby.dsd.trw.com
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Sep 18 1989 sun-fixes
Host iamsun.unibe.ch
Location: /SystemTools
FILE -rw-r--r-- 184740 Jul 13 1990 sun-fix.binary.lpr.tar.Z
Host icarus.riacs.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 512 Mar 13 1991 ames-sun-fixes
DIRECTORY drwxrwxrwx 512 Mar 25 1991 ames-sun-fixes.4.1
Host ifi.uio.no
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 512 Nov 15 1990 sun-fixes
Host inria.inria.fr
Location: /pub/uunet.uu.net
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Jun 2 1989 sun-fixes
Host ipac.caltech.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Feb 6 1991 sun-fixes
Host iros1.iro.umontreal.ca
Location: /pub/Internet
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1536 Sep 18 17:24 sun-fixes
Host jyu.fi
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 8192 Oct 13 19:25 sun-fixes
Host kalikka.jyu.fi
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 8192 Oct 13 19:25 sun-fixes
Host keos.helsinki.fi
Location: /pub/sun
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Jan 12 1990 sun-fixes
Host liasun3.epfl.ch
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 3072 Oct 30 15:34 sun-fixes
Host lth.se
Location: /pub/netnews/sys.sun/volume90/oct
FILE -r--r--r-- 502 Oct 27 1990 UUNET.sun-fixes
Host metro.ucc.su.oz.au
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Jul 15 05:20 sun-fixes
Host minnehaha.rhrk.uni-kl.de
Location: /pub/sun
DIRECTORY drwxrwxrwx 1024 Feb 23 1991 sun-fixes
Host munnari.oz.au
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1536 Jul 25 05:22 sun-fixes
Host netserv1.its.rpi.edu
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Jul 3 13:58 sun-fixes
Host nic.funet.fi
Location: /pub/unix/security
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Aug 27 11:29 sun-fixes
Host phloem.uoregon.edu
Location: /pub/src
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Jan 17 1991 sun-fixes
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 2048 Sep 19 12:57 sun-fixes
Host physics.su.oz.au
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 2048 Oct 25 05:05 sun-fixes
Host plan9.njit.edu
Location: /
DIRECTORY dr-xr-xr-x 512 Mar 28 1991 sun-fixes
Host polaris.cognet.ucla.edu
Location: /sun
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Oct 1 23:15 sun-fixes
Host princeton.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1536 Mar 13 1991 sun-fixes
Host psuvax1.cs.psu.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Sep 17 18:13 sun-fixes
Host rzsun2.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Aug 20 1990 sun-fixes
Host slembe.ifi.uio.no
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 512 Nov 15 1990 sun-fixes
Host slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Aug 30 18:14 sun-fixes
Host space.mit.edu
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Jul 23 16:41 sun-fixes
Host srawgw.sra.co.jp
Location: /.a/sranha/arch/arch/comp.archives/fixes
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Apr 25 21:45 sun-fixes
Location: /.a/sranha/arch/arch/comp.archives/fixes/sun-fixes
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Apr 25 21:45 official-sun-fixes
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Apr 13 21:45 princeton-sun-fixes
Host src.doc.ic.ac.uk
Location: /Usenet/comp.archives/fixes
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 May 3 21:34 sun-fixes
Location: /Usenet/comp.archives/fixes/sun-fixes
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 May 2 16:11 official-sun-fixes
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 May 2 17:19 princeton-sun-fixes
Host sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Oct 31 13:42 sun-fixes
Host sunic.sunet.se
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Apr 7 00:00 sun-fixes
Host svin01.win.tue.nl
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxrwx 1536 Oct 3 09:38 sun-fixes
Host svin02.info.win.tue.nl
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxrwxrwx 1536 Oct 3 09:38 sun-fixes
Host theory.lcs.mit.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Apr 17 16:46 sun-fixes
Host theta.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 1024 Jul 31 11:00 sun-fixes
Host toklab.ics.osaka-u.ac.jp
Location: /UUNET/tape6
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Aug 22 1990 sun-fixes
Host tybalt.caltech.edu
Location: /caltech
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 Jun 7 19:25 sun-fixes
Host ucsd.edu
Location: /
DIRECTORY dr-xr-xr-x 2560 Sep 19 00:24 sun-fixes
Host ugle.unit.no
Location: /pub/unix
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 3072 Sep 25 21:16 sun-fixes
Host uunet.uu.net
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Feb 14 1991 sun-fixes
Host uxc.cso.uiuc.edu
Location: /pub
DIRECTORY drwxr-xr-x 512 May 14 17:29 sun-fixes
Host walhalla.informatik.uni-dortmund.de
Location: /pub/comp/sun
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 1024 Aug 12 09:00 sun-fixes
Location: /pub/database
FILE -rw-rw-r-- 2015 Feb 9 1990 ingres8-8.9-sun-fix.Z
Host wasp.eng.ufl.edu
Location: /
DIRECTORY drwxrwxr-x 512 Mar 7 1991 sun-fixes
========================== end of ARCHIE ========================
Other sites:
==================================================================
duke.cs.duke.edu:/dist/sun-patches
===================================================================
hilbert.math.ksu.edu:/pub/sunos.4.1.1.patches
Address: 129.130.30.2
ftp.cs.toronto.edu:/sun-patches/
Address: 128.100.3.6
========================== PATCH INFORMATION =========================
100075-07: lockd problems in 4.1.1 4.1 and 4.0.3
100085-03.README:Synopsis:selection_svc and rpc can be used to gain access to system files
100133-01: SUnOS 4.1,4.1.1:sendmail yp aliasing does not work with non sun yp masters + security fix
100141-02: SunOS 4.1: nres_gethostbyaddr logs misleading messages to console
100159-01: SunOS 4.1, 4.1.1:system hangs using sockets in local loopback tcp-ip
100163-01: 4.1PSR_A PMEG-03 and MBUF Jumbo Patch
100170-02: SunOS 4.1;jumbo patch to fix various ld problems
100173-01: SunOS 4.1.1: NFS Jumbo Patch
100174-01: SunOS 4.1.1: fixes for tmpfs bugs.
100174-04: SunOS 4.1.1: fixes for 8 tmpfs bugs.
100177-01: SunOS 4.1: quotas and heavy system load.
100179-01: SunOS 4.1.1:polling not working correctly
100184-02: sv_xv_sel_svc and rpc can be used to gain access to system files
100188-01: SunOS 4.1.1: TIOCCONS redirection is a security violation.
100192-01: SunOS4.1.1: colormap is not correct when 128 colors are used.
100224-02: program "mail" "rmail" problem in delivering mail + security enhancement
100251-01: SunOS 4.1,4.1.1:/usr/lib/expreserve race condition
100257-02: ld.so;4.1.1: jumbo patch for ld.so, ldd, and ldconfig
100267-03: libc:4.1.1: libc replacement with all 4.1.1 CTE patches to date
100272-02: SunOS 4.1.1 in.comsat daemon fails with 8-character login names
100273-01: SunOS 4.1,4.1.1,4.1_PSR_A: "panic: hat_ptesync - invalid pme"
100280-01: SunOS 4.1.1:remote 'dump' to scsi tape with patch id 100268-02 causes 'dump' to fail
100305-06: SunOS 4.1.1;4.1;4.0.3;4.0.2-386i: lpd can be used to delete any file on the system
100379-01: SunOS 4.0.3;4.1;4.1.1: an intelligent swap block freeing algorithm.
100383-02: SunOS 4.1;4.1.1; 4.0.3: rdist security enhancement
100390-01: SunOS4.1, 4.1.1: DNS doesn't work properly with secondary name server
========================= END OF PATCH INFO ===========================
I got replies from the following sun managers readers:
From: holle@asc.slb.com (Kathy Holle)
From: stern@sunne.East.Sun.COM (Hal Stern - NE Area Tactical Engineering)
From: mikem@juliet.ll.mit.edu ( Michael Maciolek)
From: white@cns.ucalgary.ca (David White)
From: mdl@cypress.com (J. Matt Landrum)
From: Jim Mattson <mattson@cs.ucsd.edu>
From: tar@math.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey)
From: sdb%hotmomma@uunet.uu.net (Scott Ballantyne)
From: simon@liasun5.epfl.ch (Simon Leinen)
From: shj@ultra.com (Steve Jay)
End of summary ----------------- Chuck Smoko -----------------------------
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