SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0
Maintenance Pack 1
Release and Installation Notes

SCO OpenServer™ Release 6.0.0 Maintenance Pack 1 (MP1) contains important fixes for your SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 system and should be applied at your next maintenance period. Once installed, it is strongly recommended that you do not remove the operating system updates installed with the Maintenance Pack.

These Release and Installation Notes contain critical information that you need to know before and after installing MP1. Please read them entirely, and also check the SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Late News web site, before beginning to install MP1. Late News can be found at: http://www.sco.com/support/docs/openserver.

This document contains the following sections:

Before Installing the Maintenance Pack
Installing the Maintenance Pack
Installing the Maintenance Pack from Downloaded Media Images
Installing the Maintenance Pack from CD-ROM
Installing the Maintenance Pack from the Network
Adding Software After Installing the Maintenance Pack
Removing the Maintenance Pack
Highlights of the Maintenance Pack
Maintenance Pack Notes and Limitations

Before Installing the Maintenance Pack

Before installing MP1, note the following:


Installing the Maintenance Pack

You can acquire and install MP1:

If there are multiple systems on your TCP/IP network that require Maintenance Pack 1, you can load and install the MP on a software server and use it as a centralized distribution point. See ``Installing the Maintenance Pack from the Network'' for more information.

Installing the Maintenance Pack from Downloaded Media Images

To install the SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 MP1 from media images that you manually download:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Download the Maintenance Pack from either the SCO web site or using FTP:


    NOTE: Maintenance Pack 1 consists of a tar archive containing a number of media image files with names of the form VOL.000.000, VOL.000.001, and so forth. Because all maintenance packs use this same filename scheme, you should create a master directory with a unique subdirectory to store each maintenance pack. The master directory could be /usr/mp, /usr/spool/patches, or whatever suits your system layout. The master hierarchy should be writable by root only.

  3. Download the 600mp1_vol.tar file and use this command to extract the media image files:

    tar xvf 600mp1_vol.tar

  4. Start the Software Manager by double-clicking on its icon on the desktop, or by entering the following at the command-line prompt:

    scoadmin software

  5. From the Software menu, select Install New.

  6. When prompted for the host (machine), select the current host and then click on Continue.

  7. Select Media Images as the Media Device, then click on Continue. (You may need to scroll down before you see the Media Images option.)

  8. Enter the absolute pathname for the directory that contains the Maintenance Pack 1 media images. For example:

    /usr/spool/patches/600mp1

    Select OK.

  9. In the Install Selection window, make sure that the Maintenance Pack is selected (it will be highlighted and/or have an asterisk). Selecting Install now applies the entire Maintenance Pack to your system.

    You can also choose individual components from the Maintenance Pack by selecting the Expand button and choosing the software from the expanded list. The following software can be selected for individual install:

       SCO OpenServer 600 Release Supplement RS600A
       Mozilla Web Browser
       Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE)
       Apache Tomcat Servlet Container
       SCOx language support
    

    Note that the Release Supplement is not required to install the other components; the Apache Tomcat Servlet Container requires that the Java 2 Standard Edition is installed.

    Select Install once you have selected all the software you want to install.

  10. If you previously installed any of the components that are modified by the Maintenance Pack, you are notified that these components will be upgraded. Select Continue.

    Additionally, you are warned if certain packages in the Maintenance Pack will not be installed because the software they modify is not installed on your system. Select Continue.


    WARNING: The Software Manager displays one or more warnings if the Maintenance Pack contains fixes for software features that are not currently installed on your system. If you do not plan to install the affected package, you can ignore such messages and click on Continue. However, if you do plan to install this package later, you should stop the install process, install the package in question from the installation media, and restart the Maintenance Pack installation. This ensures the fixes are applied properly (and avoids potential problems).

    If any Maintenance Pack fixes were not installed because the corresponding feature was not present, the Software Manager shows the Maintenance Pack as only partially installed. This is normal.


  11. When the installation is complete, click on OK. The Software Manager lists Maintenance Pack 1 among the installed software.

  12. Exit the Software Manager by selecting the Host menu, then Exit.

  13. Reboot the machine:
       shutdown -i6 -g0 -y
    

Installing the Maintenance Pack from CD-ROM

To install SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Maintenance Pack 1 from the SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Supplement CD:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Insert the SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Supplement CD into the drive.

  3. Start the Software Manager by double-clicking on its icon on the desktop, or by entering the following at the command-line prompt:

    scoadmin software

  4. From the Software menu, select Install New.

  5. When prompted for the host (machine), select the current host and then click on Continue.

  6. Select the appropriate CD-ROM drive as the Media Device, then click on Continue.

  7. In the Install Selection window, make sure that the Maintenance Pack is selected (it will be highlighted and/or have an asterisk). Selecting Install now applies the entire Maintenance Pack to your system.

    You can also choose individual components from the Maintenance Pack by selecting the Expand button and choosing the software from the expanded list. The following software can be selected for individual install:

       SCO OpenServer 600 Release Supplement RS600A
       Mozilla Web Browser
       Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE)
       Apache Tomcat Servlet Container
       SCOx language support
    

    Note that the Release Supplement RS600A is not required to install the other components; the Apache Tomcat Servlet Container requires that the Java 2 Standard Edition is installed.

    Select Install once you have selected all the software you want to install.

  8. If you previously installed any of the components that are modified by the Maintenance Pack, you are notified that these components will be upgraded. Select Continue.


    WARNING: The Software Manager displays one or more warnings if the Maintenance Pack contains fixes for software features that are not currently installed on your system. If you do not plan to install the affected package, you can ignore such messages and click on Continue. However, if you do plan to install this package later, you should stop the install process, install the package in question from the installation media, and restart the Maintenance Pack installation. This ensures the fixes are applied properly (and avoids potential problems).

    If any Maintenance Pack fixes were not installed because the corresponding feature was not present, the Software Manager shows the Maintenance Pack as only partially installed. This is normal.


  9. When the installation is complete, click on OK. The Software Manager lists Maintenance Pack 1 among the installed software.

  10. Exit the Software Manager by selecting the Host menu, then Exit.

  11. Reboot the machine:
       shutdown -i6 -g0 -y
    

Installing the Maintenance Pack from the Network

You can install MP1 from one SCO OpenServer system onto another across a TCP/IP network.

On the server side, to enable:

  1. In the simplest case, install MP1 on the system that you want to use as the software server using one of the installation procedures described under ``Installing the Maintenance Pack''.

  2. Use the Account Manager (scoadmin account) to create a login account named swadmin. When a client system attempts to remotely install software from the server system, this password must be supplied by the client to authenticate the connection. If this account already exists and the password has been forgotten, use the Account Manager to define a new password.

On the client side, to install the Maintenance Pack from the server:

  1. Start the Software Manager and select Install New.

  2. In the Begin Installation window, you are prompted for the source location of the Maintenance Pack. Select From Another Host.

  3. Type in the network node name of the software server and the password for the swadmin account on the software server.

  4. Proceed with the installation as shown in the previous section, beginning with Step 7.

For more information, including how to load the Maintenance Pack on a server without installing it, see ``Installing and managing software over the network'' in the online documentation under ``Installation and Licensing''.

Adding Software After Installing the Maintenance Pack

To add software from the Maintenance Pack that you did not originally choose for installation:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Start the Software Manager by double-clicking its icon on the desktop, or by entering the following at the command-line prompt:

    scoadmin software

  3. Select the Maintenance Pack in the list of installed software.

  4. Select View->Expand from the command menu.

  5. Select the software that you want to install from the list.

  6. Select Software->Install New from the command menu. If you previously installed any of the selected components, you are notified that these components will be upgraded. Select Continue.

  7. When the installation is complete, click on OK. The Software Manager lists the newly added component among the installed software.

  8. Exit the Software Manager by selecting the Host menu, then Exit.

  9. Reboot the machine:
       shutdown -i6 -g0 -y
    

Removing the Maintenance Pack

You can remove all of Maintenance Pack 1 from the system, or select one or more of its components for removal:

   SCO OpenServer 600 Release Supplement RS600A
   Mozilla Web Browser
   Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE)
   Apache Tomcat Servlet Container
   SCOx language support


WARNING: Removal of the Release Supplement RS600A is supported, but is not recommended, as the Release Supplement contains important updates to the system. Removing any of the optional components (or selecting the entire Maintenance Pack for removal) completely removes the optional components from the system. You can selectively install these again from either MP1 or from the Release 6.0.0 media after removing MP1.

To remove one or more Maintenance Pack components:

  1. Log in as root.

  2. Start the Software Manager by double-clicking its icon on the desktop, or by entering the following at the command-line prompt:

    scoadmin software

  3. Select the Maintenance Pack in the list of installed software.

  4. If you want to remove only part of MP1, choose View->Expand fully from the menu, and select the software you want to remove from the expanded list.

  5. From the Software menu, select Remove Software. In the confirmation window, verify that you selected the correct software, then click on Remove.

  6. A window displays, showing you a list of software that will stop functioning after the Maintenance Pack is removed. Select Continue.

  7. When the Removal complete window appears, click on OK and exit the Software Manager by selecting Exit from the Host menu.

  8. Reboot the machine:
       shutdown -i6 -g0 -y
    

Highlights of the Maintenance Pack

SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Maintenance Pack 1 contains the following updates and fixes (the references in parentheses following each description are internal tracking numbers):

Hardware Support

Backup and Restore

Files and Directories

Internet and Intranet

Networking

Security

System Management

Development System

Maintenance Pack Notes and Limitations

The following notes and limitations apply to SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 Maintenance Pack 1:


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