RHBA-2011:0094 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated shadow-utils package that fixes several bugs is now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The shadow-utils package includes programs for converting UNIX password files to
the shadow password format, as well as tools for managing user and group
accounts.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, extended Attributes and extended access control lists (ACLs) on

files and directories under /etc/skel were dropped when a new user was created.
With this update, the files are successfully copied and the extended ACL's are
preserved. (BZ#513055)

• Previously, the description of the option -K in the Japanese man page of

groupadd could cause confusion. With this update, the content of the man page is
corrected and the description is clear and logical. (BZ#537011)

• Previously, the maximum number of character for username and groupname was

limited to 31. With this update Maximum size of username and groupname is set
to 32 characters. (BZ#586861)

• Previously, the command "faillog" failed to print the User Identification

(UID) when the faillog file was empty. This update prints the UID of the users
who had a login failure and no more underflow occurs. (BZ#603692)

• Previously, the command "faillog" printed the faillog records of all users

when it was run without arguments. With this update, the log prints only the
records of the users who had a login failure, as described in the manual page.
(BZ#619713)

All users of shadow-utils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.

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 - 513055 - User creation problem
• BZ - 537011 - The description of the option -K in the groupadd's English man page makes users confuse.
• BZ - 586861 - maximum size of groupname, username is 31 characters
• BZ - 603692 - faillog: Failed to get the entry for UID
• BZ - 619713 - faillog prints entries for all users

CVEs

(none)

References

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