RHBA-2011:0647 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An enhanced initscripts package that fixes various bugs and provides an
enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The initscripts package contains system scripts to boot your system, change
runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut the system
down cleanly.

This updated initscripts package includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Technical_Notes/index.html

All initscripts users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
provide numerous bug fixes and 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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 598850 - halt fails due to hwclock failure
• BZ - 612934 - NetworkManager or ifup script cannot handle interface correctly
• BZ - 620461 - halt error with bind-mount fstab entries
• BZ - 629257 - sulogin fighting with login shell for input when 'init s' is run
• BZ - 633323 - [6.1 FEAT] Apply System z optimized sysctl settings per default in System z via sysctl.conf - initscripts part
• BZ - 633984 - Problems with IP alias / multiple IP on interface handling
• BZ - 637058 - ntpdate doesn't care with UTC settings
• BZ - 645861 - /etc/ppp/ipv6-up uses nonexistent ipv6_exec_ip alias
• BZ - 648966 - DEVICETYPE isn't calculated correctly for IPoIB child interfaces
• BZ - 654101 - sit module loaded on system shutdown
• BZ - 660036 - shmmax and shmall defaults are not the same as in RHEL5
• BZ - 664051 - Special symbol '#' appears in interface names and confuses scripts.
• BZ - 667211 - sysctl calls fail with VLANs (mostly breaking IPv6)
• BZ - 669110 - Bonded interface will not start slave if the MASTER value is in double quotes
• BZ - 670154 - /sbin/ifdown fails for bridge devices when NetworkManager is running
• BZ - 674397 - sys-unconfig(8) manpage fix
• BZ - 676708 - [PATCH] VLAN configs do not work when renaming ethernet interfaces to non-numeric.
• BZ - 682879 - hung task warnings when NFS server is unavailable during writeback
• BZ - 696110 - /etc/rc3.d/S25netfs: line 47: mdadm: command not found

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)