Relevant Architecture: Intel

Relevant Operating Systems: Windows NT 4.0 SP6a, Windows 2000 Professional SP2, Windows 2000 Server SP2, Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Files included with this patch:

.\ias\bin\iascontrol.bat
.\ias\bin\gxisapi.dll
.\ias\bin\gxsyb2.dll
.\ias\bin\iASApachePlugin.dll
.\ias\bin\gxdsync.dll
.\ias\bin\gxutil.dll
.\ias\classes\java\kfcjdk11.jar

Installation Instructions

1. Install Activestate Perl (ActivePerl) version 5.6.0 or later. You can download it from http://www.activestate.com.

2. Ensure that all application server processes have been shutdown.

3. Ensure that the directory server is running.

4. Become the user who had installed the iPlanet Application Server you want to patch.

5. Change the working directory to the directory containing the patch.

6. Apply the Pack by typing:

   perl .\applypatch

Special Install Instructions

If you have not installed the "Core Server Component", "PointBase Database Server", and the "Web Connector plug-in Component", then set the environment variable SPECIAL_INSTALL_OPTS to "-i" before you run applypatch in Step 6, Installation Instructions.

Uninstallation Instructions

1. Become the user who had installed the application server installation for which you want to backout the patch.

2. Change working directory to the directory where the backup data is saved. The backup data is saved in a directory named backup_patch number in your iPlanet Application Server installation directory:

   Example: cd c:\iplanet\ias6\ias\backup_1

3. You have to manually remove all files in the backup directory after the Maintenance Pack uninstallation is over.

   Note: The presence of the backup directory does not affect the reinstallation of the same patch. However you may want to remove the files in the backup directory to save disk space.

4. Ensure that all application server processes have been shutdown.

5. Ensure that the directory server is running.

6. Uninstall the Pack by typing:

   perl .\unpatch

Special Uninstallation Instructions

1. Change the working directory to the backup_patch number directory present in your iPlanet Application Server installation.
2. Copy and rename the file unpatch.bak to unpatch.bat.

3. Run the following command:

   .\unpatch.bat

   This command will restore the files that were patched.

Resolved Issues

Table 1    List of resolved issues

Bud ID	Description
4655813	Nametrans lookup failure while using frames with IIS.
4656570	The form authentication login page is not shown when accessed with POST method.
4656564	Form authentication does not work with GET method.
4550126	ias-cmp with long file names does not perform the lookup and resolve the reference.
4636443	Entity bean callback in ejbRemove throws NoSuchEntityException.
4648579/4641862	Invoking business method in ejbRemove() throws PersistenceException.
4526316	FBA - url parameters are not passed to error page.
4659863	DriverManager.getDriver(url) always returns com.netscape.server.jdbc.Driver.
4640628	HttpBindingListener problems in 6.0SP4, 6.5 and 7.0se.
4664501	Inconsistent JSP cache timeout behavior.
4648744	Change not reflected when two JSPs are accessed simultaneously.
4662159	Form-Based Login: In web.xml, value is being misinterpreted.
4664267	Performance improvement in CXS.
4631477	Sybase - stored procedure always returns 0 as output parameter.
4666165	Webconnector configure with Apache server stops writing to access logs.
4666328	iPlanet Application Server 6.5 throws "Print Writer in use" if it is running in i18n mode.
4665167	(6.5)RMI - Complex objects in EJB methods throws exceptios with multiple KJS eng.
4660828	iPlanet Application Server crashed after running 12 hours (approximately).
4668469	Sessions are not timing out from last accessed time.
4607509	Session can be accessed after expiry (timeout).
4664742	Need to port the fix 4634092 into 6.5
4634092	Unable to control remote instance from Admin Tool (Windows NT only).
4660289	RequestDispatcher.include & Declarative Security: InvalidStateException.
4670381	DataSourceImp in iPlanet Application Server is not serializable.
4673685	Regression: Session Invalidation is not working.
4679265	Specification Violation in 6.5 for Certificate handling.

Last Updated March 25, 2002