- Issued:
- 2005-05-18
- Updated:
- 2005-05-18
RHBA-2005:123 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
initscripts bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated initscripts package is available that fixes various bugs.
Description
The initscripts package contains the basic system scripts used to boot
your Red Hat system, change runlevels, and shut the system down
cleanly. Initscripts also contains the scripts that activate and
deactivate most network interfaces.
Bugs fixed in this release include:
- corrected handling of ONBOOT
- corrected handling MASTER and other configuration directives in the
presence of commented-out values
- dhcp clients are now killed on ifdown if the interface was changed to
static configuration in the interim
- ETHTOOL_OPTS is supported on addressless devices
- VMWare lock files are correctly handled
- the netfs script no longer unintentionally mounts GFS filesystems
- the netfs script now handles NFS root cases better
- link detection has been made more reliable
- bonding support for DHCP is improved
- the use of the GATEWAYDEV configuration directive has been fixed
- fixed the handling of the _netdev fstab option
All users of the initscripts package should upgrade to this updated
package, which resolves 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:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 110164 - Long delay when initializing network card when cable is not connected
- BZ - 127726 - dhclient remains active after change of bootproto
- BZ - 133575 - GATEWAYDEV directive ignored...
- BZ - 133929 - rc.sysconfig references non-existent /usr/sbin/kbdconfig
- BZ - 134030 - checkpid() in /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions has reserve logic
- BZ - 134787 - bonding + dhcp does not work
- BZ - 136531 - initscripts parse ONBOOT and MASTER incorrectly
- BZ - 140281 - netfs starts gfs filesystems
- BZ - 147610 - netfs doesn't properly unmount _netdev devices
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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