Bug Fix Advisory iscsi-initiator-utils bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1009-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated iscsi-initiator-utils package that fixes a bug, is now available.

The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as
well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for
distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol
networks.

These updated packages include a fix for the following bug:
* iscsi-ls did not allow for target aliases that contained multiple words.
Therefore, when used on a system which included such an alias, iscsi-ls
would print the following error: "/sbin/iscsi-ls: line 87: [: too many
arguments". Iscsi-ls now correctly handles aliases that contain multiple
words, and correctly displays information about those targets.

Users should 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/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.src.rpm     4879491d71678a6c19557cd9ff36cbdd
 
IA-32:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.i386.rpm     42922f6b9963ad754d296daf3710ebcc
 
x86_64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.x86_64.rpm     9f9738e702459ab589aa8e490f4541a7
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.src.rpm     4879491d71678a6c19557cd9ff36cbdd
 
IA-32:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.i386.rpm     42922f6b9963ad754d296daf3710ebcc
 
IA-64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.ia64.rpm     036f01c8bd56d4571ab8ce3e4dc1a2c1
 
PPC:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.ppc.rpm     5242add108f900e62873c50df4df41ec
 
x86_64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.x86_64.rpm     9f9738e702459ab589aa8e490f4541a7
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.src.rpm     4879491d71678a6c19557cd9ff36cbdd
 
IA-32:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.i386.rpm     42922f6b9963ad754d296daf3710ebcc
 
IA-64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.ia64.rpm     036f01c8bd56d4571ab8ce3e4dc1a2c1
 
x86_64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.x86_64.rpm     9f9738e702459ab589aa8e490f4541a7
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.src.rpm     4879491d71678a6c19557cd9ff36cbdd
 
IA-32:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.i386.rpm     42922f6b9963ad754d296daf3710ebcc
 
IA-64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.ia64.rpm     036f01c8bd56d4571ab8ce3e4dc1a2c1
 
x86_64:
iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-8.x86_64.rpm     9f9738e702459ab589aa8e490f4541a7
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

445233 - /sbin/iscsi-ls: line 87: [: too many arguments



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