- Issued:
- 2009-05-18
- Updated:
- 2009-05-18
RHBA-2008:0926 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
net-tools bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated net-tools package that corrects the ifconfig man page for
various issues is now available.
Description
The net-tools package contains basic networking tools, including ifconfig,
netstat, route, and others.
This updated net-tools package includes fixes for the following
documentation-related bugs:
- the "tunnel" parameter of the ifconfig(8) man page did not make it clear
that the IP address was not just the IPv4 address, but actually IPv6
address notation for the IPv4 address. In this updated package, this part
of the man page has been made clearer.
- the "metric" parameter of the ifconfig(8) man page stated that the metric
value could be changed on the command line, which is not true under Linux.
Instead, the "metric" parameter can be set by editing the appropriate
"ifcfg-interface" (where "interface" might be "eth0") configuration file in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and adding a value for the "METRIC"
parameter, like so:
METRIC=value
In these updated packages, the ifconfig(8) man page has been updated with
this corrected information on how to change the "METRIC" parameter.
All users requiring net-tools should install this updated package, which
includes these man page corrections.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 454271 - [4.8]The tunnel cannot be set by ifconfig tunnel command.
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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net-tools-1.60-40.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2da073d301e3f54c7f08d514710e6850c107b2aeea8b710a42977721bdca0588 |
x86_64 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4ecd2368901530d138bce18e059f63c5139f2e46b09a788cc6e144aa451cf39d |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4ecd2368901530d138bce18e059f63c5139f2e46b09a788cc6e144aa451cf39d |
ia64 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 2abc51b8347e9013860b7c4f3a8ed8ce6c84bd03f02b8d128e5b75f92ce3de26 |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 2abc51b8347e9013860b7c4f3a8ed8ce6c84bd03f02b8d128e5b75f92ce3de26 |
i386 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 266aeaf868ba0711c4787bb20d80ce67268db2c335c93fb85344fc756ccfe922 |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 266aeaf868ba0711c4787bb20d80ce67268db2c335c93fb85344fc756ccfe922 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2da073d301e3f54c7f08d514710e6850c107b2aeea8b710a42977721bdca0588 |
x86_64 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4ecd2368901530d138bce18e059f63c5139f2e46b09a788cc6e144aa451cf39d |
ia64 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 2abc51b8347e9013860b7c4f3a8ed8ce6c84bd03f02b8d128e5b75f92ce3de26 |
i386 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 266aeaf868ba0711c4787bb20d80ce67268db2c335c93fb85344fc756ccfe922 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2da073d301e3f54c7f08d514710e6850c107b2aeea8b710a42977721bdca0588 |
x86_64 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4ecd2368901530d138bce18e059f63c5139f2e46b09a788cc6e144aa451cf39d |
i386 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 266aeaf868ba0711c4787bb20d80ce67268db2c335c93fb85344fc756ccfe922 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2da073d301e3f54c7f08d514710e6850c107b2aeea8b710a42977721bdca0588 |
s390x | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 084adda97ec5b3ebf8083362bd1d161b4ea2ef67aff84d9c95a0e280306402c0 |
s390 | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 0d73d7d9e37c2005f1e4017ee68af0ef1552ed41051c2284118ec89497d5d499 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 2da073d301e3f54c7f08d514710e6850c107b2aeea8b710a42977721bdca0588 |
ppc | |
net-tools-1.60-40.el4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: bc746f9448776ee4a2c1b863c6c287b434da3402f15c0887700be4efc88bc7b1 |
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