Re: How many problems are people finding in 9208 patchset?

dbaplusplus_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> hpuxrac wrote:
> > It looks like 2 bugs that will be filed out of what I have found so
> > far.
> >
> > Both minor and probably both specific to hpux 64 bit install ( maybe
> > that specific ).
> >
> > So we are proceeding along with testing and validating.
> >
> > Does anyone else think that perhaps a terminal release should come out
> > "squeaky clean" and that we shouldn't have to file service requests
> > that turn into bugs for things that were reported in prior patchsets?
> >
> > Or maybe that's a different world somewhere in a parallel universe.
>
> I am also looking in installaing 9.2.0.8 patch on HP UNIX 64 bit
> production box. What HP UNIX bugs you are talking about? Where are they
> documented?

One is 5525139 which is kind of hinted at in the 7.3 readme post install that says "maybe" you might want to run changePerm.sh

But there is no identification of what security exposures ( if any ) you might get into by running changePerm.sh. There is only vague information that client side utilities and other software ( that needs to connect to oracle ) might not work if you don't run it.

Do you run any batch stuff on your servers? Then you will need to check that area out and think about changePerm.sh maybe.

The other one is just at a Service Request stage and hasn't been created yet as a 9208 bug even though a prior 9206 bug that said it was fixed in 9206 has regressed.

Did you say you were thinking about a production box with 9208? Did you complete testing 9208 in a test environment first? Received on Tue Sep 12 2006 - 09:05:12 CDT