RHBA-2009:1653 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated xorg-x11-xdm package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

[Updated 7 April 2010]
These packages have also been made available in the following child channel: Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Client 5 for x86. No changes have been made to the
packages.

Description

xorg-x11-xdm provides a legacy display login manager for the X Window
System.

This updated xorg-x11-xdm package fixes the following bug:

• the xorg-x11-xdm package contained two PAM (Pluggable Authentication

Modules) configuration files: "xdm" and "xserver". Because the xorg-x11-xdm
package only requires the use of the "xdm" PAM configuration file, this
update removes the second, spurious and unused PAM configuration file from
the xorg-x11-xdm package. (BZ#506535)

All users of xorg-x11-xdm are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves 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

CVEs

(none)

References

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