Patch-ID# 102431-01 Keywords: cron Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.4: cron patch Date: Mar/20/95 Solaris Release: 1.1.2 SunOS Release: 4.1.4 Unbundled Product: Unbundled Release: BugId's fixed with this patch: 1178468 Changes incorporated in this version: Architectures for which this patch is available: sparc Patches which may conflict with this patch: Obsoleted by: Problem Description: BUG 1178468: cron dumps core during startup if the passwd file specifies a netgroup and the name server is a nisplus server running in yp compatibility mode. INSTALL: 1) Login as root 2) Kill cron: a) ps -aux | egrep cron b) note the process ID (pid) of cron c) kill -TERM 3) cp /usr/etc/cron /usr/etc/cron.FCS 4) cp `arch`/cron /usr/etc/cron 5) Set file ownership and permissions: a) chown root.staff /usr/etc/cron b) chmod 755 /usr/etc/cron 6) restart cron a) /usr/etc/cron