Patch-ID# 101696-01 Keywords: cpio, data, corruption, root, nfs Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.3_U1:data corruption when using cpio to archive data from NFS Date: Apr/08/94 Solaris Release: 1.1.1 SunOS release: 4.1.3_U1 Topic: data corruption when using cpio to archive data from NFS Xref: Patch 101663 is the 4.1.3 version of this patch BugId's fixed with this patch: 1051844 Architectures for which this patch is available: all sun4 Patches which may conflict with this patch: Obsoleted by: Problem Description: Using cpio as root on NFS mounted file systems may cause archives to become inaccessible. Because cpio will continue writing the archive, users may assume that other files from the archives can still be read. This is SunOS4.1.3_U1 version of the patch 4.1.3 patch #101663-01. INSTALL: As root, make a backup copy of cpio: mv /usr/bin/cpio /usr/bin/cpio.fcs Now install the patched version of cpio: mv 4.1.3_U1/cpio /usr/bin/cpio chown root.staff /usr/bin/cpio chmod 755 /usr/bin/cpio