Instructions for Installing Solaris Recommended and Security Patches

If you have any questions or problems using these instructions, just contact Workstation User Support.

Choose how you would like to obtain the patches. Your choices are:

• mount our NFS share containing the patches, assuming you accept Sun's license agreement
• download the patches by FTP from our server, assuming you accept Sun's license agreement
• download the patches by FTP directly from Sun

Method 1: Obtain patches through our NFS share

1. Log in as root.
2. Mount our NFS share. The directory can be mounted anywhere on your system that is convenient. We use /mnt as the example.

   
   # mount us:/export/rspatches /mnt
   
   

3. Change to the directory for your operating system version. We use Solaris 8 as the example.

   
   # cd /mnt
   
   # cd 8_Recommended
   
   

4. Run the patch installer script. Don't forget the leading "dot slash" in the command.

   
   # ./install_cluster
   
   

   When the installation script asks whether you are ready to continue, answer yes and then wait for it to finish. The patch installation process will begin, and you will see each patch being applied. Often you may see errors resembling "Installation of 106952-01 failed. Return code 2.". This is normal, and usually means that the patch has already been applied.

5. Reboot your system.

   
   # init 6
   
   

Method 2: Obtain patches by FTP from us

1. Log in as root.
2. Download the latest patch cluster by anonymous FTP from ftp://us.case.edu/pub/solaris-sparc-patches.
3. Un-zip the patch archive. (We use Solaris 8 as the example.) A single directory, full of patches, will be created.

   
   # unzip 8_Recommended.zip
   
   

4. Delete the Zip archive to conserve disk space.

   
   # rm 8_Recommended.zip
   
   

5. Change directory into the newly-created one.

   
   # cd 8_Recommended
   
   

6. Run the patch installer script. Don't forget the leading "dot slash" in the command.

   
   # ./install_cluster
   
   

   When the installation script asks whether you are ready to continue, answer yes and then wait for it to finish. The patch installation process will begin, and you will see each patch being applied. Often you may see errors resembling "Installation of 106952-01 failed. Return code 2.". This is normal, and usually means that the patch has already been applied.

7. Delete the patch cluster files.

   
   # cd ..
   
   # rm -r 8_Recommended
   
   

8. Reboot your system.

   
   # init 6
   
   

Method 3: Obtain patches from Sun

1. Log in as root.
2. Visit http://sunsolve.sun.com/securitypatch, accept the license agreement, and download the patch cluster you need. (Alternatively, you can obtain the cluster by FTP from ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches.)
3. Un-zip the patch archive. (We use Solaris 8 as the example.) A single directory, full of patches, will be created.

   
   # unzip 8_Recommended.zip
   
   

4. Delete the Zip archive to conserve disk space.

   
   # rm 8_Recommended.zip
   
   

5. Change directory into the newly-created one.

   
   # cd 8_Recommended
   
   

6. Run the patch installer script. Don't forget the leading "dot slash" in the command.

   
   # ./install_cluster
   
   

   When the installation script asks whether you are ready to continue, answer yes and then wait for it to finish. The patch installation process will begin, and you will see each patch being applied. Often you may see errors resembling "Installation of 106952-01 failed. Return code 2.". This is normal, and usually means that the patch has already been applied.

7. Delete the patch cluster files.

   
   # cd ..
   
   # rm -r 8_Recommended
   
   

8. Reboot your system.

   
   # init 6
   
   

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