- Issued:
- 2006-07-20
- Updated:
- 2006-07-20
RHBA-2006:0456 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
util-linux and mount bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
Updated util-linux and mount packages that fix several bugs are now
available.
Description
The util-linux package contains a collection of basic system utilities.
The mount package contains a utility that makes a file system available for
use.
This update also fixes the following bugs:
- the floppy command did not work with generic /dev/fd0
- the login command timeout failed
- the login command ran even if it had no read/write access to the terminal
- the raw man page had old information about dd
- the login command always invoked as "login" PAM service
- the swapon and mkswap commands did not work with swap labels
- the mount man page was incomplete
- the mount command was too restricted with number of NFS tcp mounts
- the "sfdisk -l" command tried to open partitions
- the foreground mount was not retrying as advertised
- the NFS mount did not drop back to version 2 when version 3 was not
available
All users of util-linux and mount should upgrade to these updated packages,
which resolve 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 - 139355 - Documentation for 'rsize' and 'wsize' NFS mount options is misleading
- BZ - 170378 - RHEL3: /usr/bin/floppy doesn't work with /dev/fd0
- BZ - 170380 - RHEL3: login will attempt to run if it has no read/write access to its terminal
- BZ - 170381 - RHEL3: login's timeout can fail - needs to call siginterrupt(SIGALRM,1)
- BZ - 176290 - RHEL3: raw(8) manpage has old information about dd
- BZ - 185305 - Correct mount documentation
- BZ - 187113 - tracker bug to ensure that util-linux pacakge gets updated in U8
- BZ - 188488 - RHEL3: "sfdisk -l" tries to open partitions
- BZ - 188982 - RHEL3: mount man page clarifications
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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