- Issued:
- 2011-05-19
- Updated:
- 2011-05-19
RHBA-2011:0730 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
system-config-users bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated system-config-users package that fixes several bugs and adds one
enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Description
The system-config-users utility provides a graphical interface for adding and
removing users and groups to the system. Once started, system-config-users
provides a help feature to assist in learning the interface.
This update fixes the following bugs:
- Previously, passwords deemed too simple were always prohibited. This update
only warns about passwords that are deemed unsuitable or too weak. Now, also
short passwords are accepted. (BZ#582205)
- Previously, system-config-users did not always detect if a home directory
could be created correctly before actually doing it. Due to this problem,
system-config-users did not create a home directory on certain file systems
(e.g. home directories located beneath an autofs mount-point) but acted on the
assumption that it did. As a workaround, this update tries to create the home
directory before creating the user in system-config-users. (BZ#599214)
- Previously, system-config-users failed to start if the maximum allowable
length for user or group IDs (UID/GID) was already allocated. This update
handles this situation by ignoring such high UIDs/GIDs where it needs to
automatically allocate user or group IDs. (BZ#628730)
- Previously, a search for users and groups would only search for names
beginning with the search string. Due to this behavior, names that had the
string somewhere else in the name were ignored. This update searches for
substrings in user and group names. (BZ#612172)
- Previously, several on-screen messages were not correctly translated in some
languages. This update corrects the translated strings. Now, all messages are
correctly translated. (BZ#629469)
This update also adds the following enhancement:
- Previously, users could not force password expiration from the graphical user
interface. This update allows for forced expiry of passwords without the need to
use command line utilities. (BZ#571571)
All users of the system-config-users utility are advised to upgrade to this
updated package, which fix these bugs and adds this enhancement.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 612172 - Search should automatically search for all substrings (no need of wildcard *)
- BZ - 628730 - s-c-users fails to start with account having a huge uid/gid
- BZ - 629469 - [ko_KR][zh_TW][as_IN] missing translation "Confirm Password" in Add New User
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
SRPM | |
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system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
x86_64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
i386 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
x86_64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
i386 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
x86_64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
i386 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
x86_64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
i386 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
s390x | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6
SRPM | |
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system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
ppc64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
x86_64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
x86_64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
i386 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
s390x | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support 6
SRPM | |
---|---|
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 211c48dc3f1b0c7d54092fe06a35c6e1578444446b3a605434750774210da6b9 |
x86_64 | |
system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 7c119a21622befb3a28809edf97f487563ff8437c4508cf8fa0d9999757a73f0 |
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