RHBA-2008:0412 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated cachefilesd package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Description

The cachefilesd daemon manages a persistent cache for a variety of network
file systems, such as AFS and NFS. The cachefilesd daemon uses a set of
files on an already-mounted file system as the data store.

The cache system has a problem that results in the cachefilesd daemon not
being able to cull cache objects, as long as the NFS files locking them are
retained in memory, even if these files are not currently in use. This
problem is unresolved; however, the cachefilesd documentation has been
updated to describe the current culling behavior.

The cachefilesd daemon returned incorrect return codes. For example, if
networking was disabled, attempting to start the cachefilesd daemon using
the "service cachefilesd start" command, resulted in a return code of "0"
(successful), even though the cachefilesd daemon failed to start. The
cachefilesd init script is now Linux Standard Base (LSB) compliant, which
resolves this issue.

Users of cachefilesd are advised to upgrade to this update 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 - 220060 - Improved documentation explaining cachefilesd culling limitations
• BZ - 237827 - Wrong init script

CVEs

(none)

References

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