Patch Name:  PHCO_6787

Patch Description: s700 9.X ftio(1) cumulative patch

Creation Date: 96/02/07

Post Date:  96/02/22

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
        s700: 9.01 9.03 9.05 9.07

Products: N/A

Filesets:
        SYS-ADMIN

Automatic Reboot?: No

Status: General Release

Critical: No

Path Name:  /hp-ux_patches/s700/9.X/PHCO_6787

Symptoms:
        PHCO_6787:
        ftio: could not link systty to consoke : No such file or
        directory.  The link file name was internally changed from
        "console" to "consoke".

        PHCO_2972:
        ftio(1) symbolic link ownership problem

        PHCO_1955:
        ftio loop/hang problem during recovery and
        multiple ! pattern specification.

Defect Description:
        PHCO_6787:
        ftio: hard link file processing error.  Multi hard link
        files are incorrectly processed by the ftio command.
        Restoring hard link files from a ftio archive will
        encounter an internal data structure problem.

        PHCO_2972:
        This patch fixes two problems, the first one is
        security problem with wrong ownership of files being
        restored symbolic links point to, the second problem
        was that if you have backuped device special files
        among regular files using -x option and not using
        this option while restoring all existing device files
        whose names matches with names of backuped device
        files will be deleted without warning.

        PHCO_1955:
        ftio fixes for ftio loop/hang problem during recovery
        and fix for multiple ! pattern specification.

SR:
        1653155143 5003094706 5000594499

Patch Files:  
        /usr/bin/ftio

what(1) Output:
        /usr/bin/ftio:
                $Revision: 72.6.1.1 $
                PATCH_9_05MR: hpux_rel.o main.o fileloader.o filewri
                        ter.o tapereader.o tapewriter.o chgreel.o mi
                        sc.o search.o ftio_mesg.o header.o ipc.o dev
                        ice.o ftio_grep.o ftio_rmt.o 96/02/07

sum(1) Output:
        54111 120 /usr/bin/ftio

Patch Conflicts: None

Patch Dependencies:  None

Hardware Dependencies:  None

Other Dependencies:  None

Supersedes:  
        PHCO_1955 PHCO_2972

Equivalent Patches: None

Patch Package Size:  120 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/PHCO_6787 .
                sh PHCO_6787

        3. Become root and run update:

                /etc/update [-r [kernel_gen_file]] -s \
                        /tmp/PHCO_6787.updt PHCO_6787

        Update moves the original software to
        /system/PHCO_6787/orig.  Keep this file to recover from any
        potential problems.  You should move the .text file to
        /system/PHCO_6787 for future reference.

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

                dd if=PHCO_6787.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048

Special Installation Instructions:  None