RHBA-2008:0398 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated gdm packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

GDM (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable reimplementation
of XDM, the X Display Manager. GDM allows you to log into your system with
the X Window System running and supports running several different X
sessions on your local machine at the same time.

This updated gdm package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• occasional spurious "Authentication Failed" messages which were displayed

when removing smart cards have been removed.

• smart cards would sometimes not be recognized by GDM after restarting the

X server with the ctrl-alt-backspace key sequence.

• translations for console messages that are not supported by the console

have been removed.

• the duplicated username displayed at the end of the timed login prompt

has been removed.

• the utmp entries which track currently logged-in users are now written to

and updated by GDM.

• unnecessary account checks that were causing audit entries have been removed.
• the Chinese translation of "Last Language" contained an extra, incorrect

character sequence, which has been removed.

• a crash that occurred after logging out of a remote KDE session has been

fixed.

• the incorrect Malayalam translation in the Password text has been corrected.

All users of gdm 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 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

• BZ - 210827 - gdm sometimes displays "Authentication Failed" when removing smart card
• BZ - 232896 - gdm create spurious audit entries
• BZ - 238482 - GDM Timed Login displays username after seconds
• BZ - 253563 - utmp isn't updated after logging into X, so "who" isn't accurate

CVEs

(none)

References

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