RHBA-2011:0401 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated screen package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The screen utility allows multiple logins on a single terminal. This is
especially useful for users who connect to a remote machine or are connected
using a terminal that does not provide this functionality, but want to use more
than one login.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The default configuration file contains several tweaks for the xterm terminal

emulator, such as displaying the list of windows in the title bar. However, due
to the strict use of "xterm" in patterns to match the terminal name, these
options were not applied to other xterm variants like xterm-256color or
xterm-88color. This update corrects the relevant patterns to match all xterm
names, resolving this issue. (BZ#474064)

• Previously, the default configuration disabled the use of the "h" key.

Consequent to this, pressing the "Ctrl+a h" key combination to write a printed
version of the current window to a file did not work. With this update, the
"bind h" option has been removed from the default configuration file, and the
above key combination now works as expected. (BZ#521824)

All users of screen are advised to upgrade to this updated 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/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 - 474064 - Default /etc/screenrc not tweaking all xterms
• BZ - 521824 - Screen hardcopy option not working properly

CVEs

(none)

References

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