RHBA-2013:0051 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated system-config-printer packages that fix three bugs are now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The system-config-printer packages provide a print queue configuration tool with
a graphical user interface.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, the system-config-printer tool did not allow to keep the

Server Settings page selected. As a consequence, a blank window was displayed
after adjusting the server settings. This update modifies the underlying code so
that the Server Settings page remains visible after changes have been applied.
(BZ#472398)

• Prior to this update, the system-config-printer tool failed to check correctly

whether all components of the driver were present when the generic PostScript
driver was used. As a consequence, the PostScript printer could fail to start
with the error "local variable 'exe' referenced before assignment". This update
modifies the underlying code to check for the driver components and the
postscript printer now starts as expected. (BZ#651854)

• Prior to this update, the authentication details of a queue that was

configured for printing to an SMB share were not correctly encoded in the device
URI if the password contained an "@" symbol. As a consequence, CUPS could not
parse the Device URI correctly and the "Add Printer" operation failed. This
update uses percent-encoding for the "@" symbol. Now, the "Add Printer"
operation works as expected. (BZ#719459)

All users of system-config-printer are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which fix these bugs.

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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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 - 472398 - Server settings disappear after apply.
• BZ - 651854 - s-c-p traceback when adding a postscript printer

CVEs

(none)

References

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