RHBA-2011:0898 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated system-config-lvm package that fix a bug is now available.

Description

The system-config-lvm package contains a utility for configuring logical
volumes via a graphical user interface.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

• Recent updates to the GNU core utilities (coreutils) package included a

move of the readlink command from /usr/bin/readlink to /bin/readlink. The
Logical Volume Management utility was updated to reflect this move. On Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5, however, readlink is still installed to
/usr/bin/readlink. As a consequence, system-config-lvm erroneously
presented mounted logical volumes as Not Mounted and, equally erroneously,
reported their "Mount Point when Rebooted" as "None". As well, when trying
to resize such a volume, the utility presented the following (also
erroneous) message:

Logical volume is not mounted but is in use. Please close all
applications using this device.

With this update, system-config-lvm running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
once again looks for readlink at /usr/bin/readlink and, consequently,
reports the properties of mounted volumes correctly and allows re-sizing of
such volumes as expected. (BZ#579049)

All system-config-lvm users should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 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 IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.6 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 679049 - logical volume appears as not mounted

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)