Re: Solaris 2.5.1/2.6 fingerd bug

From: Joseph Moran (josephmat_private)
Date: Thu Aug 06 1998 - 09:49:18 PDT

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    > Fiji (jfay) wrote:
    > > try finger @host@host@host....145 times.... This should run the # of
    > > processes in excess of 1500 and shoot the system load up to at least 13.5.
    > >
    > > You can also do a finger @hosta@hostb where hostb is a machine running
    > > 2.5.1 or 2.6. Now this has not been confirmed on Solaris (x86). The bug id
    > > is 4161606 but yet there is no patch available as of today.
    >
    > Yep, same thing happens for x86 running 2.6.
    >
    > ~james
    
    For what it's worth, the two 2.5.1 machines I currently run don't have
    this problem.  Both were installed using 2.5.1 HW:4/97 media and then
    subsequently brought up to Generic_103640-21 via the current (ie. a few
    weeks ago) 2.5.1_Recommended kit.  The machines are a sparc 2 and 10.
    
    
    jm
    



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