SOFTPAQ NUMBER:  SP17928
PART NUMBER:  N/A
FILE NAME:  sp17928.tgz
TITLE:  Software Patch for Compaq Foundation Agents for Linux
VERSION:  1.0.0
LANGUAGE:  English

CATEGORY:  Software Solutions

DIVISIONS: Systems

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Proliant Servers running Red Hat Linux 6.2 and Compaq
                   Foundation Agents for Linux (cmafdtn) version 4.90, 4.90b or 5.00.

OPERATING SYSTEM: Red Hat Linux 6.2

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION:  N/A

PREREQUISITES:  This software patch requires the Compaq Foundation Agents for Linux
                (cmafdtn) version 4.90, 4.90b or 5.00 to be installed.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  September 10, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED:  Yes

SUPERSEDES:  N/A

DESCRIPTION:  This SoftPaq contains the Patch for Compaq Foundation Agents for Linux.

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES:  Fixed a potential security vulnerability in Web agent.

HOW TO USE:

1.  Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive.  The file that is
    downloaded is a .tgz file with a filename based on the SOFTPAQ NUMBER above.

2.  Log in as "root" and change to the directory containing the Softpaq.

3.  From that directory, type following command:

	tar xvzf sp17928.tgz

    The "sp17928.sh" and "libcpqhmmo.so" files will be created in the current
    directory.

4.  After the files are extracted, you may delete the SoftPaq file downloaded
    in step 1.

5.  Run "sh ./sp17928.sh" command to apply the patch.

6.  Message "./sp17928.sh completed successfully!" will be displayed when the
    command completed successfully.

7.  For more information and messages, see
    "/var/spool/compaq/foundation/tmp/sp17928/sp17928.info".


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