Relevant Architecture: SPARC

Relevant Operating Systems: Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 8

Files included with this patch:

./ias/bin/.kas
./ias/gxlib/libgxsyb2.so
./ias/gxlib/libiASApachePlugin.so
./ias/gxlib/libgxdsync.so
./ias/gxlib/libgxdsync_token.so
./ias/gxlib/libgxdsync_timeout.so
./ias/gxlib/libgxutil.so
./ias/classes/java/kfcjdk11.jar

Installation Instructions

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

2. Ensure that the directory server is running.

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

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

5. Set the environment variable GX_ROOTDIR to the directory where you have installed iPlanet Application Server:

   Example: for Bourne shell

   GX_ROOTDIR=/opt/appserver/ias; export GX_ROOTDIR

   Example: for Korn shell and BASH

   export GX_ROOTDIR=/opt/appserver/ias

   Example: for C shell

   setenv GX_ROOTDIR /opt/appserver/ias

6. Apply the Pack by typing:

   ./applypatch

Special Install Instructions

If you have not installed the "iPlanet Application Server 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. Ensure that all application server processes have been shutdown.

3. Ensure that the directory server is running.

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

   Example: cd /opt/appserver/ias/backup_1

5. If you want all the files in the backup directory to be removed after the Pack uninstallation, then set the REMOVE_BACKUPFILES environment variable to 1.

   Example: for Bourne shell

   REMOVE_BACKUPFILES=1; export REMOVE_BACKUPFILES

   Example: for Korn shell and BASH

   export REMOVE_BACKUPFILES=1

   Example: for C shell

   setenv REMOVE_BACKUPFILES 1

   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.

6. Uninstall the Pack by typing:

   ./unpatch

Special Uninstallation Instructions

1. Change the working directory to the backup_patch number directory present in your iPlanet Application Server installation.

2. Give execute permission to the file,unpatch

3. Run the following command:

   ./unpatch

   This command will restore the files that were patched.

Resolved Issues

Table 1    List of resolved issues

Bud ID	Description
4656570	The form authentication login page is not shown when accessed with POST method.
4656564	Form authentication does not work with GET method./TD>
4550126	ias-cmp with long file names does not perform the lookup and resolve the reference.
4636443	Entity bean callback in ejbRemove throws NoSuchEntityException.
4545862	You cannot monitor more than 1 NAS server per computer with SNMP.
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, form-error page value is being misinterpreted.
4664267	Performance improvement in CXS.
4629105	java.sql.SQLException: executeQuery returned null resultset.
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 exceptions 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).
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