- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHEA-2009:0187 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
authconfig bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated authconfig packages that fix a bug and add an enhancement are now
available.
Description
The authconfig packages contain a program with both a command line and a
GUI interface for configuring a system to use shadow passwords, or to
function as a client for certain network user-information and
authentication schemes.
These updated authconfig packages fix a bug in which it was not possible to
enable or disable MD5-hashed passwords using the authconfig-tui ncurses
user interface. In addition, the state of the "Use MD5 Passwords" checkbox
did not correctly indicate whether MD5-hashed passwords were enabled or
disabled. In these updated packages, enabling and disabling MD5-hashed
passwords works as expected and is reflected correctly in the ncurses
interface, thus resolving the problem.
In addition, these updated authconfig packages provide an enhancement in
the way of a new '--enablepreferdns' command line switch. This option
allows administrators to configure the nsswitch.conf configuration file so
that DNS is always preferred over WINS or NIS when performing hostname lookups.
Users are advised to upgrade to these updated authconfig packages, which
resolve this issue and add this enhancement.
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 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9b5951aaa154e45dbab417742dd824a75af9fb0946d9b1bd5fcd7364e98c2359 |
x86_64 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 73b829eefce2c661c92dac6abced29615b5a4dc3109ac119708520cfed32a3bc |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d59058c1d7441f18ce2aacc3a402ffd047fd1711973c12283eb0d9600bdde902 |
ia64 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 48b2dabd0eecb5aac92b345fda692385abd5802a500144ecd6f9cef28712d8e6 |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 0c76cd4e770e62a2fa383d9bfccc4831cfd0b743c1f2a4b49eda89693e5197e4 |
i386 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c249353d12ccfcb25c0fbd83d5b6a67f649ec5641ac5a4ed7a25eae56a79bc2f |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6bf736dce3d1574dcc9977d09dbfa286f50b365e1ff824e1f09e501c1aff8c52 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9b5951aaa154e45dbab417742dd824a75af9fb0946d9b1bd5fcd7364e98c2359 |
x86_64 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 73b829eefce2c661c92dac6abced29615b5a4dc3109ac119708520cfed32a3bc |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d59058c1d7441f18ce2aacc3a402ffd047fd1711973c12283eb0d9600bdde902 |
i386 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c249353d12ccfcb25c0fbd83d5b6a67f649ec5641ac5a4ed7a25eae56a79bc2f |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6bf736dce3d1574dcc9977d09dbfa286f50b365e1ff824e1f09e501c1aff8c52 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9b5951aaa154e45dbab417742dd824a75af9fb0946d9b1bd5fcd7364e98c2359 |
x86_64 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 73b829eefce2c661c92dac6abced29615b5a4dc3109ac119708520cfed32a3bc |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d59058c1d7441f18ce2aacc3a402ffd047fd1711973c12283eb0d9600bdde902 |
i386 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c249353d12ccfcb25c0fbd83d5b6a67f649ec5641ac5a4ed7a25eae56a79bc2f |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6bf736dce3d1574dcc9977d09dbfa286f50b365e1ff824e1f09e501c1aff8c52 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9b5951aaa154e45dbab417742dd824a75af9fb0946d9b1bd5fcd7364e98c2359 |
s390x | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: a3558f490b1878f1474464e3d865f1470754a6851cad8a6d283d8cf4d09a9c71 |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: d77d4e7108af372bd9695a3424c4f5cef89aff47ea1c3561997ceaa31188ec06 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9b5951aaa154e45dbab417742dd824a75af9fb0946d9b1bd5fcd7364e98c2359 |
ppc | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: cdb341e425ffb74af8621bbd17717b44566fad3b41586b9b4b109f3919ed0379 |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 0e9c4a1d9398fe3ae855047a7c1a89b4ce4c688c9a2a60263a98ee85f159cc80 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9b5951aaa154e45dbab417742dd824a75af9fb0946d9b1bd5fcd7364e98c2359 |
x86_64 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 73b829eefce2c661c92dac6abced29615b5a4dc3109ac119708520cfed32a3bc |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d59058c1d7441f18ce2aacc3a402ffd047fd1711973c12283eb0d9600bdde902 |
i386 | |
authconfig-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: c249353d12ccfcb25c0fbd83d5b6a67f649ec5641ac5a4ed7a25eae56a79bc2f |
authconfig-gtk-5.3.21-5.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 6bf736dce3d1574dcc9977d09dbfa286f50b365e1ff824e1f09e501c1aff8c52 |
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