Patch-ID# 103944-02
Keywords: accounting limits y2000 accounting 8 character user names
Synopsis: SunOS 5.4_x86: accounting fixes
Date: Sep/10/97

Solaris Release: 2.4_x86

SunOS Release: 5.4_x86

Unbundled Product:

Unbundled Release:

Xref: This patch available for SPARC as patch 103942

Topic: SunOS 5.4_x86: accounting fixes

	NOTE:   We recommend installing all the following bundled
                Solaris 2.4 OS/Networking patches which contain the
                Y2000 fixes:

		101946-45	kernel patch
		101960-13	lp patch
		102041-05	packaging utilities/libadm patch
		102694-04	at/atrm/atq/cron/crontab patch
		103264-02	ufsdump/ufsrestore patch
		103944-02	accounting patch
		104943-01	usr/sbin/sar patch
		104945-01	usr/bin/date patch
		104947-01	troff macro patch
		104949-01	usr/bin/passwd patch
		104951-01	usr/bin/uustat patch
		104953-01	usr/lib/saf/listen patch
		104955-01	usr/vmsys/bin/initial patch
		105015-01       usr/lib/libkrb.a and usr/lib/libkrb.so.1 patch

BugId's fixed with this patch: 1157572 1159968 1265175

Changes incorporated in this version: 1265175

Relevant Architectures: i386

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 102017-01

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Patches required with this patch:

Obsoleted by:

Files included with this patch:

/usr/bin/acctcom
/usr/lib/acct/acctcms
/usr/lib/acct/acctcon	
/usr/lib/acct/acctcon1	
/usr/lib/acct/acctprc	
/usr/lib/acct/acctprc1	
/usr/lib/acct/acctprc2	
/usr/lib/acct/acctdusg	
/usr/lib/acct/acctmerg

Problem Description:

1265175 ...cmd/acct/lib/pnpsplit.c tests for invalid year boundry of the year 2000

(from 103944-01)

1157572 *accounting* accounting limits in 2.x are too low

(from 102017-01)

1159968  The accounting package does not handle 8 character usernames well

When runacct is run from the root's crontab each night, it would generate an
accounting report. This report contains a daily usage report in which an 8
characters login name has an extra character attached to it.

Patch Installation Instructions:
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Refer to the Install.info file within the patch for instructions on
using the generic 'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided
with each patch. Any other special or non-generic installation
instructions should be described below.

Special Install Instructions:
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	NOTE:   We recommend installing all the following bundled
                Solaris 2.4 OS/Networking patches which contain the
                Y2000 fixes:

		101946-45	kernel patch
		101960-13	lp patch
		102041-05	packaging utilities/libadm patch
		102694-04	at/atrm/atq/cron/crontab patch
		103264-02	ufsdump/ufsrestore patch
		103944-02	accounting patch
		104943-01	usr/sbin/sar patch
		104945-01	usr/bin/date patch
		104947-01	troff macro patch
		104949-01	usr/bin/passwd patch
		104951-01	usr/bin/uustat patch
		104953-01	usr/lib/saf/listen patch
		104955-01	usr/vmsys/bin/initial patch
		105015-01       usr/lib/libkrb.a and usr/lib/libkrb.so.1 patch