Bug Fix Advisory rdesktop bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2008:0225-4
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-04-16
Last updated on: 2008-04-16
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop FasTrack (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS FasTrack (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES FasTrack (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS FasTrack (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated rdesktop package that fixes a bug is now available.

rdesktop is an open source client for Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server
and Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003 Terminal Services, capable of natively
using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to present the user's NT desktop.
No additional server extensions are required.

A missing command line option caused rdesktop to fail when using the krdc
remote desktop utility. Using krdc to connect to a terminal server resulted
in errors such as the following:

The version of rdesktop you are using ([version]) is too old:

rdesktop [version] or greater is required. A working patch for rdesktop
[version] can be found in KDE CVS.

In this updated package, krdc successfully connects to terminal servers.

Users of rdesktop are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop FasTrack (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.src.rpm     3a64c4b3871f6e2ea2cfc0349bcc1383
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.i386.rpm     54e93d6ace029fa727b47c0619107f45
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.x86_64.rpm     92a56c5840e8f64b1338c6539facb719
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS FasTrack (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.src.rpm     3a64c4b3871f6e2ea2cfc0349bcc1383
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.i386.rpm     54e93d6ace029fa727b47c0619107f45
 
IA-64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.ia64.rpm     3dc709572bbf4a9f286eac67878478d3
 
PPC:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.ppc.rpm     b7167a25da7f883ad9c842c4a0614f2d
 
s390:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.s390.rpm     73821aade37e4d7f44c6f4f54ad74e1c
 
s390x:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.s390x.rpm     fff0300f7247c91c11c127d21bd665c8
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.x86_64.rpm     92a56c5840e8f64b1338c6539facb719
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES FasTrack (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.src.rpm     3a64c4b3871f6e2ea2cfc0349bcc1383
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.i386.rpm     54e93d6ace029fa727b47c0619107f45
 
IA-64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.ia64.rpm     3dc709572bbf4a9f286eac67878478d3
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.x86_64.rpm     92a56c5840e8f64b1338c6539facb719
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS FasTrack (v. 4)

SRPMS:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.src.rpm     3a64c4b3871f6e2ea2cfc0349bcc1383
 
IA-32:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.i386.rpm     54e93d6ace029fa727b47c0619107f45
 
IA-64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.ia64.rpm     3dc709572bbf4a9f286eac67878478d3
 
x86_64:
rdesktop-1.3.1-8.x86_64.rpm     92a56c5840e8f64b1338c6539facb719
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

164462 - krdc requires rdesktop > 1.3.1



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