Synopsis

gnome-screensaver bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated gnome-screensaver package that fixes one bug is now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The gnome-screensaver package contains the GNOME project's official screen saver
program. It is designed for improved integration with the GNOME desktop,
including themeability, language support, and Human Interface Guidelines (HIG)
compliance. It also provides screen-locking and fast user-switching from a
locked screen.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, gnome-screensaver's PAM configuration file was not marked as a
  configuration file in the gnome-screensaver spec file, and thus the
  configuration file was overwritten when updating the gnome-screensaver package.
  Therefore, after the screen had been locked, users could not log into the system
  by using some of the previously specified authentication methods, or when users
  successfully logged in, automatic re-authentication with some applications could
  fail. With this update, the spec file has been corrected, and the pre-existing
  gnome-screensaver's PAM configuration file is now preserved when the package is
  updated so authentication problems no longer occur. (BZ#766799)
  

All users of gnome-screensaver are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which fixes this bug.

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

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: ca0b73aa683983c55b56f53794c751c1405888aaa3670ab13133fdd935bcce9e
x86_64
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 93a33df0b4c2623592714376927bd95ceae834d4fc4fc8a8fb7cfd4ef53acf9a
ia64
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: b5521b6047008abb13cb1c464ac3628a334e15c96043e590eb8b1846e33540e0
i386
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d1fc36ef03f98874253aa1cbeb5770a5b4611400c78586e71af1ded89e459902

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: ca0b73aa683983c55b56f53794c751c1405888aaa3670ab13133fdd935bcce9e
x86_64
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 93a33df0b4c2623592714376927bd95ceae834d4fc4fc8a8fb7cfd4ef53acf9a
i386
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d1fc36ef03f98874253aa1cbeb5770a5b4611400c78586e71af1ded89e459902

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: ca0b73aa683983c55b56f53794c751c1405888aaa3670ab13133fdd935bcce9e
x86_64
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 93a33df0b4c2623592714376927bd95ceae834d4fc4fc8a8fb7cfd4ef53acf9a
i386
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d1fc36ef03f98874253aa1cbeb5770a5b4611400c78586e71af1ded89e459902

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: ca0b73aa683983c55b56f53794c751c1405888aaa3670ab13133fdd935bcce9e
s390x
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: edcc2d17222a073b59141879cb26e7cda2ef2d93ab1083fd7ac108aa056a0afe

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: ca0b73aa683983c55b56f53794c751c1405888aaa3670ab13133fdd935bcce9e
ppc
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: e9bd35bd8f86db670d91e3244ae3dfd72a5f1b7838414b0c195b005169d8fb1b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.src.rpm	SHA-256: ca0b73aa683983c55b56f53794c751c1405888aaa3670ab13133fdd935bcce9e
x86_64
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 93a33df0b4c2623592714376927bd95ceae834d4fc4fc8a8fb7cfd4ef53acf9a
i386
gnome-screensaver-2.16.1-8.el5_7.4.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d1fc36ef03f98874253aa1cbeb5770a5b4611400c78586e71af1ded89e459902