RHBA-2013:0104 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rhn-client-tools packages that fix several bugs and add one enhancement
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The rhn-client-tools packages provide programs and libraries that allow a system
to receive software updates from Red Hat Network.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, when the rhn-virtualization-host package was installed and the

libvirtd service was not running, the exit status of the rhnreg_ks utility would
incorrectly indicate an error even if it succeeded in registering the system.
This update corrects this error and the rhnreg_ks utility now terminates with
the exist status of 0 in this situation. (BZ#761489)

• Prior to this update, an attempt to use the rhn-channel tool to manage a

non-existent channel failed with a traceback. With this update, the user is
presented with an informative error message. (BZ#771749)

• When the user attempted to register a system with RHN Classic and provided

invalid credentials, the rhn_register utility for the graphical user interface
previously reported the following error at the very end of the registration
process: "You have no active subscriptions available in your account". This
update adapts the rhn_register utility to report invalid credentials as
expected. (BZ#781336)

• Previously, an error message that had no effect and mentioned Subscription

Manager could appear if the user was registering the system with Red Hat Network
or Red Hat Network Satellite. With this update, this message is no longer
presented to the user. (BZ#798181)

• When the server failover mechanism was enabled and rhnplugin failed to connect

to the primary server, it did not correctly fall back to the secondary Red Hat
Network Satellite or Red Hat Network Proxy server. This update ensures that when
the primary server is unavailable and secondary servers are configured,
rhnplugin correctly attempts to connect to these servers instead. (BZ#827076)

• In the beta version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9, certain parts of the

rhn_register utility and the firstboot application were not fully translated to
all supported languages. This update ensures that both these tools are
translated as expected. (BZ#865641)

As well, this update adds the following enhancement:

• The rhn_register utility for the graphical user interface and the "Set Up

Software Updates" part of the firstboot application have been adapted to mention
Subscription Manager. (BZ#823549)

All users of rhn-client-tools are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

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 - 761489 - rhnreg_ks exits with 1 when rhn-virtualization-host installed and libvirtd not running
• BZ - 771749 - Traceback when adding nonexistent channel with rhn-channel
• BZ - 781336 - rhn-register GUI won't check for invalid login/password combination

CVEs

(none)

References

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