Patch Name: PHNE_13815

Patch Description: s300_400 9.10 netfmt(1M) could not handle dates past 2000

Creation Date: 98/01/16

Post Date:  98/01/27

Repost:	98/02/10
	The patch documentation was modified to add information to
	the Special Installation Instructions section.

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
	s300_400: 9.10

Products: N/A

Filesets:
	NETTRACELOG

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s300_400/9.X/PHNE_13815

Symptoms:
	PHNE_13815:

	With the system clock at year 2000 or greater,
	/etc/ntl_reader would write a 3 digit year value
	into the TIME_FROM record in /usr/adm/conslog.opts,
	which could not be processed by /etc/netfmt, causing
	an error message on the console when booting.

	Also, /etc/netfmt was not setup to properly handle
	2 digit year specifications which include years past
	1999, where:

	70 - 99 ~ 1970 through 1999
	00 - 37 ~ 2000 through 2037

Defect Description:
	PHNE_13815:

	/etc/ntl_reader and /etc/netfmt were not set up to
	use and process 2 digit year values, when these values
	are to represent years past 1999.

SR:
	4701379131

Patch Files:
	/etc/netfmt
	/etc/ntl_reader

what(1) Output:
	/etc/netfmt:
		PATCH/9_1 PHNE_13815 Version: A.09.00  $Date: 92/07/
			21 07:34:52 $
	/etc/ntl_reader:
		PATCH/9_1 PHNE_13815 Version: A.09.00  $Date: 92/07/
			21 07:34:52 $

sum(1) Output:
	11330 504 /etc/netfmt
	26813 41 /etc/ntl_reader

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies: None

Hardware Dependencies: None

Other Dependencies: None

Supersedes: None

Equivalent Patches: None

Patch Package Size: 330 KBytes

Installation Instructions:
	Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard 
	SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms
	and conditions for precautions, scope of license, 
	restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties,
	before installing this patch.
	------------------------------------------------------------
	1. Back up your system before installing a patch.

	2. Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it:

		cd /tmp
		cp patch_source/PHNE_13815 .
		sh PHNE_13815

	3. Become root and run update:

		/etc/update [-r [kernel_gen_file]] -s \
			/tmp/PHNE_13815.updt PHNE_13815

	Update moves the original software to 
	/system/PHNE_13815/orig.  Keep this file to recover from any
	potential problems.  You should move the .text file to 
	/system/PHNE_13815 for future reference.

	To put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the
	tape drive, use dd:

		dd if=PHNE_13815.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048

Special Installation Instructions:

	If this patch is installed on a diskless server, the
	following command must be issued on each client node
	currently running:

	nettl -stop

	Otherwise the patch installation will fail.
	
	An even simpler approach is to just power down all 300/400
	cnodes, install the patch on the server, and then reboot
	the cnodes.