- Issued:
- 2008-05-27
- Updated:
- 2008-05-27
RHBA-2008:0256 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
ypbind bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated ypbind package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
This package provides the ypbind daemon. The ypbind daemon binds NIS
clients to a NIS domain. Systems running NIS client programs must have
ypbind running.
This updated package fixes the following bugs:
- after a NIS server change, for example, after a server failure, ypbind
corrupted files in the "/var/yp/binding/" directory. As well, these files
were not updated, possibly causing old information to be retained. In these
situations, glibc attempted to read the incorrect information, resulting in
errors such as "RPC: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused".
- by default, NIS clients pinged NIS servers every 20 seconds. In large
deployments, this added extra load, and could possibly cause a denial of
service. In this updated package, a new "ypbind" option, "-ping-interval",
has been added, which allows administrators to configure the ping interval
value.
Users of ypbind are advised to 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.
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 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
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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