This release notes describes configuration and runtime issues and bugs that are known to be problems in the current release. Issues listed in this release notes apply to components Apache HTTP, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Squid, , MySQL and PostgreSQL. Issues include information that you should know about, including prerequisites, tips, and troubleshooting hints.
This document contains the following sections:
For information on what's new in this release, see Chapter 1, What’s New in Solaris Express, in Solaris Express Developer Edition What’s New
For information on system requirements, see System Requirements in Solaris Express Developer Edition Installation Guide: Laptop Installations
For information on how to get started with web stack, see Chapter 2, Getting Started, in Web Stack Getting Started Guide.
This section lists the important known issues and limitations at the time of SXDE 01/08 release.
Table 1–1 Known Issues in SXDE 01/08 release
Problem ID |
Description |
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6633337 |
Starting apache22 (Apache 2.2 SMF service) with server_type=worker and enable_bit=true launches 64 bit prefork. Workaround Add the following line to the /usr/apache2/2.2/bin/isainfo/envvars file. if [ -f /etc/apache2/2.2/envvars ]; then . /etc/apache2/2.2/envvars fi where the value of isainfo parameter can amd64 or sparc |
6633515 |
Apache SSL default configuration file is not compatible with Nevada. |
6635266 |
Unable to start Apache 64 bit mode on 32 bit architecture. |
6640674 |
When you initialize the Web Stack Admin as a root user, the Web application development options window displays the Start Servers button, which should be the Stop Servers button. |
6644748 |
Upgrade Apache HTTP Server 1.3.0 to Apache HTTP Server 1.3.41 as there are cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the mod_imap module. |
6644643 |
The rbconfig.rb file contains invalid paths and requires a C compilation. |
6641285 |
Compilation/configuration of the new apache module with apxs fails. |
6647846 |
Upgrading to Apache 2.0 to 2.2 fails. |
6653084 |
Apache service fails to start. Workaround: Rename ssl.conf to ssl.conf.example. This file is present in the following location: /etc/apache2/2.2/conf.d/. |
6653066 |
Upgrade Apache 2.2.x to 2.2.8 in order to fix security vulnerabilities. |
6652556 |
Upgrading of Apache 2.0 to 2.2 fails. |
6643825 |
The Order command with storage_engine=archive fails. |
6641045 |
The post-installation script does not jump start. |
6619671 |
Apache 1.3 Webapp module is unable to communicate with Tomcat 5.5 in Nevada. |
6634394 |
SMF service for MySQL and Apache do not have a description in the user interface. |
6632021 |
Ruby installs soft links to its versioning directories. |
6644401 |
Ruby displays GPLv2 text in upgrade_log. |
6635513 |
Gem installs content into /usr directory, which is a read only directory. |
6631493 |
Default index.html does not have sufficient information/content. |
6635728 |
Package dependencies are missing in Ruby. Workaround: Add the following packages to Ruby:
Change the Ruby directory structure from/usr/local/bin/ruby to /usr/bin/ruby |
6625381 |
RPATH and RUNPATH fail in PHP . |
6634121 |
Apache parent process creates the semaphore and the child process inherits the semaphore ids. The semaphore gets destroyed when the child process exits. |
6641450 |
PHP and CGI tests fail while using the delivered php.ini. |
6640031 |
SUNWphp524-mysql / SUNWphp524-pgsql has packaging issues. |
6631371 |
PHP should restrict the environment variables from being set programmatically. |
6631906 |
Remove all the references of MySQL 4.0 from the source. |
6640026 |
SUNWmysql5/SUNWmysql5u has packaging issues. |
6642639 |
MySQL attempts to write into /usr, which is a read only directory. |
6641437 |
RUNPATH and RPATH errors are encountered in the SUNWmysql5u package. |
6640449 |
Add MySQL manage property to MySQL SMF. This allows the non-root users to manage MySQL SMF. |
6634349 |
My SQL SMF should test for the existence of MySQL/MySQL user and group. |
6650926 |
The ri (Ruby interactive) command, which lists documentation for all Ruby classes that do not work with Ruby in Nevada. |
6318872 |
Dependency problems exist in SUNWapchd/SUNWapchr/SUNWapchu in Nevada and Solaris 10 update 1 release. |
6635487 |
The Ruby man pages are not linked from the /usr/share/man directory. |
6641333 |
The Getting Started Guide is only visible after Web Stack admin initialization. |
6650075 |
MySQLtest fails due to bad reference file. |
6638950 |
MySQL user exists at Web Stack Admin initialization and generates error in logs. |
6656425 |
The Web Stack Getting Started guide needs update. Workaround For updated information, see http://docsview.sfbay/coll/1792.1 |
6657714 |
MySQL module integrated with PHP is incorrectly linked to 4.0 version of MySQL client. Workaround create the following symbolic link ln -sf /usr/mysql/5.0/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.15.0.0 /usr/mysql/5.0/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.12 |
No ID |
The default Web Stack Admin initialization script configures MySQL database with super user privileges and with no password assigned. Workaround The most important steps in securing MySQL is to change the database administrator's password, which is empty by default. Ensure that MySQL is running and execute the following command: chrootuid /chroot/mysql mysql /usr/local/mysql/libexec/mysqld &. Run the following command to change password: /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -u root mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR root@localhost=PASSWORD('new_password'); |
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