am-utils bug fix update

Advisory:	RHBA-2005:223-6
Type:	Bug Fix Advisory
Severity:	N/A
Issued on:	2005-09-28
Last updated on:	2005-09-28
Affected Products:	Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

Details

Updated am-utils packages that remove possible mtab corruption are now
available.

The am-utils packages include Amd, the popular BSD automounter, as well as
support tools.

Previous versions of am-utils used a different method for locking
/etc/mtab. In the presence of another automounter (AutoFS4) these earlier
versions could cause inadvertent mtab corruption under certain conditions
(where parallel mounts via both of the automounters were triggered in a
non-trivial count). A potential problem with am-utils and hand-mounting
also exists, but is much less immediate.

This release should fix most problems where only a few competing mounts are
run at once. However, if your automounters carry out several tens or
hundreds of mounts, the problem may persist, requiring an update of the
util-linux package (which includes the /bin/mount program) to remedy it.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these
issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/SRPMS/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d5e5e711d23ea8baeb9fe69a133ad87a`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/i386/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d290690e6c725e3d5a9f83fd4aefcf8f`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/x86_64/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 9929559f2ecb9ad597571798404ebae6`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/SRPMS/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d5e5e711d23ea8baeb9fe69a133ad87a`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/i386/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d290690e6c725e3d5a9f83fd4aefcf8f`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/ia64/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.ia64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 4e334fdb941b62bba52e05d17292d717`

PPC:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/ppc/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.ppc.rpm Missing file	`MD5: ece0a6b3a5dcfecc0b985212b48b57bc`

s390:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/s390/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.s390.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d714e59147743aad33b6aa258ad350d1`

s390x:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/s390x/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.s390x.rpm Missing file	`MD5: a48658936bac3132b0eec1a322507e44`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/x86_64/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 9929559f2ecb9ad597571798404ebae6`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/SRPMS/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d5e5e711d23ea8baeb9fe69a133ad87a`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/i386/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d290690e6c725e3d5a9f83fd4aefcf8f`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/ia64/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.ia64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 4e334fdb941b62bba52e05d17292d717`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/x86_64/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 9929559f2ecb9ad597571798404ebae6`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/SRPMS/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.src.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d5e5e711d23ea8baeb9fe69a133ad87a`

IA-32:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/i386/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.i386.rpm Missing file	`MD5: d290690e6c725e3d5a9f83fd4aefcf8f`

IA-64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/ia64/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.ia64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 4e334fdb941b62bba52e05d17292d717`

x86_64:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/rhn/public/NULL/am-utils/6.0.9-2.5/x86_64/am-utils-6.0.9-2.5.x86_64.rpm Missing file	`MD5: 9929559f2ecb9ad597571798404ebae6`

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

143118 - am-utils and autofs use different mtab locking

Keywords

automounter, corruption, mtab

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