RHBA-2009:0482 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated authconfig packages that fix a bug 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.

• when disabling caching using the system-config-authentication graphical

interface or with the "authconfig --update --disablecache" command,
authconfig did not properly stop ncsd, the name service cache daemon, which
could have caused timeouts and delays during authentication or when user
information was requested by applications. (BZ#471642)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated authconfig packages, which
resolve this issue.

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/docs/DOC-11259

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 - 471642 - Stop nscd when caching is disabled by authconfig

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)