Novell NetWare 3.11 Operating System Patches
Novell have just released version 4 of the operating system patch kit
for NetWare 3.11. 311PT4.ZIP contains 32 patches for Novell NetWare 3.11. Version 4 of the
kit supersedes all previous releases of the 3.11 OS patches distributed by Novell (under
the names 311PT1.ZIP, 311PT2.ZIP and 311PT3.ZIP).
Version 4 of the patch kit includes all the patches found in previous
releases, along with an updated PATCHMAN.NLM (needed for the new patches), and three new
patches.
The new patches are as follows:-
| BIGRFIX.NLM |
This patch allows the OS to prevent 'read' requests larger
than 512K from overrunning the stack. This problem has been known to occur when loading
large NLMs. |
| DOSUNFIX.NLM |
This patch fixes a problem with NetWare/NFS v1.2. If a
file is renamed from 99999999.v0 to 99999999.V0, it causes the server to ABEND with the
message:
'DOSGenerateUniqueName tried over 100000000 names and couldn't get a unique one.' |
| GETSEFIX.NLM |
This patch fixes a problem found when more than 31
security equivalencies for a user or group ID are set up. This can result in a system hang
which may be accompanied by a message indicating a 'multiple abend'. |
As with previous versions of the patch kit, Novell do not require that
any of the patches in the archive be loaded UNLESS problems are experienced, in which case
the appropriate patch to overcome the problem encountered should be loaded. There is a
full readme document in the archive that explains what all the patches are, and what they
fix. In particular, any patches to fix ABEND errors should be checked before reporting
problems to Technical Support.
Version 4 of the NetWare 3.11 Operating System patch kit is available as
a single archive, 311PT4.ZIP (50071 bytes), and can be obtained from Authorised Novell
Distributors, from the Novell NetWire service, or from the Apricot Technical Support
Bulletin Board System.
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