Patch Name: PHNE_20583

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

Creation Date: 99/12/17

Post Date:  99/12/20

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_20583

Symptoms:
	PHNE_20583:

	With the LANG environment variable set to LANG=C,
	and the system clock at year 2000 or later, a
	status message with an incorrect date could be
	displayed.

	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_20583:

	An incorrect date format specifier (19%y) was present in
	the code for netfmt.

	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
	/usr/lib/nls/C/netfmt.cat

what(1) Output:
	/etc/netfmt:
		PATCH/9_1 PHNE_20583 Version: A.09.00  $Date: 92/07/
			21 07:34:52 $
	/etc/ntl_reader:
		PATCH/9_1 PHNE_20583 Version: A.09.00  $Date: 92/07/
			21 07:34:52 $
	/usr/lib/nls/C/netfmt.cat:
		None

sum(1) Output:
	10876 504 /etc/netfmt
	26813 41 /etc/ntl_reader
	1512 18 /usr/lib/nls/C/netfmt.cat

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies: None

Hardware Dependencies: None

Other Dependencies: None

Supersedes:
	PHNE_13815

Equivalent Patches: None

Patch Package Size: 340 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_20583 .
		sh PHNE_20583

	3. Become root and run update:

		/etc/update [-r [kernel_gen_file]] -s \
			/tmp/PHNE_20583.updt PHNE_20583

	Update moves the original software to 
	/system/PHNE_20583/orig.  Keep this file to recover from any
	potential problems.  You should move the .text file to 
	/system/PHNE_20583 for future reference.

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

		dd if=PHNE_20583.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048

Special Installation Instructions: None