oss639 print security patch and it's strange disappearance

[Jer...@harkcom.com]

I was going to ask if anyone else was having a problem adding Remote
Printers on Sco Openserver 5.0.6.after oss639 is applied , but I see
it has now dis-appeared except a small reference in the following
document at this URL.

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/openserver5/README.OSR5.Supplements

Has someone made a rather large mistake which has been brushed under
the carpet or has it moved somewhere else. Anyone else have the same
problem whereby the print queue isn't added properly. I've one
particular system which is still suffering after removal of the above
patch, and wonder if anyone would know how to reverse it's affect on
the system.

The patch was listed as a minor fix for 5.0.5 / 5.0.6 and 5.0.6A

Any help would be appreciated

FOR OPENSERVER RELEASE 5.0.5
----------------------------

Major Supplements:

Release Supplement 505A for SCO OpenServer 5.0.5
Location: ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/unixware7/rs505a

Minor Supplement:
Location: ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/openserver5/

oss644b: Reboot Supplement
app618a: SCO ARCserve/Open 2.2.0 Maintenance Supplement
app612a: Year 2000 Supplement for SCO Doctor Lite 2.0
app611a: Year 2000 Supplement for SCO Doctor 2.0
app607a: Year 2000 Supplement for SCO ARCserve/Open
2.2(superseded by
app618a)
oss642a: Cron Supplement

******
oss639a: Print Security Supplement
******

oss638a: rarpd Supplement
oss637a: Mail Security Supplement
oss634a: Graphical Environment Supplement (requires rs505a)
oss630a: OpenServer 5 UDK Socket Supplement
oss623a: SMP Supplement (requires rs505a and oss497c)
oss622a: Replacement Floppy Disk Driver BTLD
oss621b: libc Supplement (requires rs505a and oss600a)
oss615a: SCO Merge 5 Kernel Update (requires rs505a)
oss610b: E820 Memory Sizing Boot Patch
oss605a: NetBIOS Drivers Supplement
oss604a: BTLD Installation Suplement
oss602b: Virtual Disk Manager Supplement
oss600a: Year 2000 Supplement (requires rs505a)
oss499a: ELF Linker Patch
oss497c: Core OS Supplement (requires rs505a)
oss495c: UDK Compatibility Module SLS (superseded by rs505a)
oss491a: Kernel and SMP Supplement (superseded by rs505a and
oss497)
oss471f: Intel Pentium Microcode Driver (requires rs505a)
oss459b: COFF Linker Supplement
ptf7123a: UnixWare/OpenServer Development Kit Supplement
ptf7122b: Java Supplement

[Bela Lubkin]

Jer...@harkcom.com wrote:

> I was going to ask if anyone else was having a problem adding Remote
> Printers on Sco Openserver 5.0.6.after oss639 is applied , but I see
> it has now dis-appeared except a small reference in the following
> document at this URL.
>
> ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/openserver5/README.OSR5.Supplements
>
> Has someone made a rather large mistake which has been brushed under
> the carpet or has it moved somewhere else. Anyone else have the same
> problem whereby the print queue isn't added properly. I've one
> particular system which is still suffering after removal of the above
> patch, and wonder if anyone would know how to reverse it's affect on
> the system.
>
> The patch was listed as a minor fix for 5.0.5 / 5.0.6 and 5.0.6A

oss639a had severe packaging problems and was withdrawn. A revised,
correctly-packaged version is supposed to be in the works.

OSR5 includes two different print spooler systems, SysV (/usr/bin/lp,
lpsched, etc.) and BSD (/usr/lib/lpd, etc.) They interact with each
other in various ways. Both include a number of binaries with the same
names (lpstat, cancel, etc.) Exactly where each binary lives varies
according to whether the BSD spooler has been configured with `mkdev
rlp`. Several recent supplements have issued one set of binaries or the
other, but installed them in the location belonging to the other
spooler, or with insufficient care about whether the BSD spooler is
configured. This is in the process of being cleaned up.

>Bela<

[Bill Vermillion]

In article <3c3f5c89...@news.cable.ntlworld.com>,

<jeremy-----@---harkcom.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I was going to ask if anyone else was having a problem adding Remote
>Printers on Sco Openserver 5.0.6.after oss639 is applied , but I see
>it has now dis-appeared except a small reference in the following
>document at this URL.
>
>ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/openserver5/README.OSR5.Supplements

One line in that document. But why not try README in that same
directory. You will see that it was removed 04-JAN-02 because of
issues with systems that have BSD line printing installed .

Bill

[Jer...@harkcom.com]

Thanks All

My search using the caldera search didn't point me to the other README

What was this patch supposed to fix as there are already fixes to
lp/lpstat in the security patches that have been released.

Jeremy