RHBA-2011:0829 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated system-config-netboot packages that resolve several issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

System-config-netboot is a utility which allows you to configure diskless
environments and network installations.

These updated system-config-netboot packages provide fixes for the following
bugs:

• Installation scripts erroneously overwrote ".msg" files under the

/tftpboot/linux-install/msgs/ directory, regardless of whether they were
modified, when installing the system-config-netboot utility. Certain of these
".msg" configuration files were important for the system build process. With
this update, the ".msg" files in that directory are now treated as configuration
files, and are therefore not overwritten if they have been modified. (BZ#459383)

• Certain programs such as nscd, the name service caching daemon, required the

/var/db/ directory to be writable in order to function correctly. This update
adds the /var/db/ directory to the snapshot so that it is writeable, with the
result that services which depend on a writable /var/db/ directory, such as
LDAP, now function as expected. (BZ#504179)

• The sequence of steps to perform in order to set up automounting are included

in the documentation provided in the system-config-netboot packages. Following
these instructions did not succeed as expected because of the omission of a step
instructing users to create a symbolic link from the /proc/mounts file to the
/etc/mtab file. This update adds this step to the documentation, and the
automount setup instructions are now complete. (BZ#504231)

• Incorrect text in a network connection error dialog was displayed when

performing a "Network Install". This was caused by a Unicode encoding issue that
has been fixed in this update, with the result that the error message displayed
under the same circumstances is now correct. (BZ#579666)

All users of system-config-netboot are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve 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 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 - 459383 - on update system-config-netboot-cmd rpm over writes msgs
• BZ - 504179 - system-config-netboot - add /var/db/ to the list of default directories added to the snapshot/files
• BZ - 504231 - Document automounting in diskless setup
• BZ - 579666 - In the Simplified Chinese environment, there is not expected code。

CVEs

(none)

References

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