RHBA-2003:341 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

New initscripts packages that fix several bugs in the initscripts shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 are now available.

Description

The initscripts package contains the scripts used to boot Red Hat
Enterprise Linux.

Various minor issues with initscripts are fixed in this release, including:

• bugs in handling > 10 ethernet devices
• bugs in handling bonding devices
• backport of ETHTOOL_OPTS support from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 that have been affected by these bugs
should install this erratum package, which resolves these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:

rpm -Fvh [filenames]

where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those
RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are
not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you
can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the
desired RPMs.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many
people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

If up2date fails to connect to Red Hat Network due to SSL
Certificate Errors, you need to install a version of the
up2date client with an updated certificate. The latest version of
up2date is available from the Red Hat FTP site and may also be
downloaded directly from the RHN website:

https://rhn.redhat.com/help/latest-up2date.pxt

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 2 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 83206 - Incorrect test of return code from grep command in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
• BZ - 83401 - checkpid function doesn't work for multiple pids
• BZ - 84845 - eth10 not initialized on boot
• BZ - 91399 - bonding+dhcp does not work
• BZ - 98209 - RHEL2.1 AS QU2: /etc/init.d/network brings up interfaces in alphabetical order
• BZ - 109203 - RHEL 2.1 U3: Options in ifcfg scripts for ethtool
• BZ - 112116 - error in mkkerneldoth script

CVEs

(none)

References

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