RHBA-2010:0201 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated sosreport package that fixes numerous bugs and adds several
enhancements is now available.

Description

Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system hardware and
configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and
debugging. Sos is commonly used to help support technicians and developers.

This updated sos package contains multiple bug fixes and enhancements and
space precludes documenting these changes in this advisory.

For details concerning every one of these changes, see the sos chapter in
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Technical Notes:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.5/html/Technica l_Notes/sos.html

All sosreport users should install this updated package, which addresses
these issues and adds these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 - 443984 - SOSreport does not gather SELinux audit logs
• BZ - 478009 - To add a sosplugin to collect soundcard related information
• BZ - 479111 - To add a sosplugin to collect lsb_release information
• BZ - 482755 - list of installed rpms is in non-std. format
• BZ - 485191 - Sos plugin to Collect Quagga configuration files
• BZ - 485559 - sos-patch to include /var/spool/cron information in system.py
• BZ - 495934 - Need to grab cobbler stuff in sos
• BZ - 497588 - sosreport mangles passwords in cluster.conf, breaking XML
• BZ - 502442 - There is a goes-back issue for sosreport
• BZ - 507674 - sosreport: one or more nfs export do not have a fsid attribute set
• BZ - 512889 - RFE: sosreport to capture iscsi initiator settings if present.
• BZ - 514294 - [RFE] SOS - include multicast information
• BZ - 516551 - sosreport -k general.syslogsize=15 doesn't work
• BZ - 521344 - RFE - SOS - include dump of openais configuration
• BZ - 523263 - sosreport captures the contents of /tftpboot. On a Satellite server that can be about a gig
• BZ - 523750 - Improvements to rh-upload-core script provided in sos
• BZ - 525010 - [plugins] sar plugin using local time format
• BZ - 530385 - sosreport copies all files from a relative directory link, possibly copying unwanted directories
• BZ - 536960 - include nscd debug logs in sosreport
• BZ - 557851 - Sosreport plugin to collect the "M" part in MRG

CVEs

(none)

References

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