Basically I need to install the patch. Thanks to all that wrote
and replied giving me the information about why the patch
would fix it.
It's summed up pretty well by what Ville-Pertti Keinonen wrote:
>
> "Pam Woods, Systems Manager" <axsymgr_at_UAA.ALASKA.EDU> writes:
>
> > Followup: Turns out that what's happening is rsh,rcp,rlogin
> > all are core dumping on me...
> > I even ftp'd a working one from one du40b system to the system
> > where it's core dumping... and I still get a memory dump..
>
> > So does anyone have any idea why rsh, rlogin, rcp all would core
> > dump? I can rsh in from other systems but not out.
>
> There was a bogus patch in the original "patch kit 4" (19970609, I
> think) for Digital UNIX 4.0B that broke mkpasswd causing it to
> generate corrupt passwd-databases, resulting in some programs such as
> rsh and rlogin to dump core.
>
> > Digital did suggest to install the 19970808 patch but
> > I don't understand why this is happening only one machine.
>
> The problem is fixed in the 0808 patch kit, you really should install
> it. Maybe you don't use password databases on more than one machine
> or haven't rebuilt them elsewhere?
>
> Another fix is to get rid of the passwd-database (/etc/passwd.pag and
> /etc/passwd.dir) and possibly rebuild it with the old mkpasswd (you
> can get it from /var/adm/patch/backup/OSFPAT0000136*, can't remember
> the exact name).
>
> I believe this was mentioned in alpha-osf-managers before.
>
I have grabbed the 0808 patch and will be installing it as soon
as possible.
thanks again to everyone who replied.
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Pam Woods - axsymgr_at_uaa.alaska.edu
Received on Wed Sep 24 1997 - 20:26:53 NZST