SUMMARY: Looking for sun patches (long)

From: Chuck Smoko - E41 (csmoko@relay.nswc.navy.mil)
Date: Mon Nov 25 1991 - 15:12:16 CST


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

                        csmoko@relay.nswc.navy.mil

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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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