Synopsis

autofs bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated autofs packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon. The automount
daemon automatically mounts file systems when you use them, and unmounts them
when they are not busy.

These updated autofs packages include numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space
precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed
to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Technical Notes for information on the most
significant of these changes:

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/autofs.html

All users of autofs are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs and add these enhancements.

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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 834641 - autofs requires portmapper on server for NFSv4 mounts
• BZ - 846870 - RFE: timeout option cannot be configured individually with multiple direct map entries
• BZ - 847873 - autofs segfault in create_client when program opens symlink leading to unreachable autofs dir
• BZ - 856296 - Duplicate enty for the /net map cause /etc/init.d/autofs stop to fail
• BZ - 860184 - service autofs status should be accessible to non privileged users (e.g. for monitoring)
• BZ - 866396 - sssd autofs interface library packaging change
• BZ - 880242 - autofs service status fails on rhel 6.4 with version autofs-5.0.5-64.el6.x86_64

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.4_Technical_Notes/autofs.html

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2ac5994834895b2e0944a477584e021fcde07e4468e4ec49a4c0aa589e168fe5
x86_64
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5b35f832bd064e89f9c974f462d7135e2502394b8e616d0e6867b6aa223c754e
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5ee762ef4550e14ff72267e3d654f36aa4c80ff80419cac7b3c729ae92337578
i386
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ec4f327681774f4f8c9b8dae3d7d654b93f97896edf1557cad96d9dbbabf9297
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ab86b0b7056372113266f5231022a604e9096707f86ea4911b37bbe25bde6ba6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2ac5994834895b2e0944a477584e021fcde07e4468e4ec49a4c0aa589e168fe5
x86_64
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5b35f832bd064e89f9c974f462d7135e2502394b8e616d0e6867b6aa223c754e
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5ee762ef4550e14ff72267e3d654f36aa4c80ff80419cac7b3c729ae92337578
i386
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ec4f327681774f4f8c9b8dae3d7d654b93f97896edf1557cad96d9dbbabf9297
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ab86b0b7056372113266f5231022a604e9096707f86ea4911b37bbe25bde6ba6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2ac5994834895b2e0944a477584e021fcde07e4468e4ec49a4c0aa589e168fe5
x86_64
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5b35f832bd064e89f9c974f462d7135e2502394b8e616d0e6867b6aa223c754e
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5ee762ef4550e14ff72267e3d654f36aa4c80ff80419cac7b3c729ae92337578
i386
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ec4f327681774f4f8c9b8dae3d7d654b93f97896edf1557cad96d9dbbabf9297
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ab86b0b7056372113266f5231022a604e9096707f86ea4911b37bbe25bde6ba6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2ac5994834895b2e0944a477584e021fcde07e4468e4ec49a4c0aa589e168fe5
s390x
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1a63f952f48fb601ba0b9351be7c54caa1eefa3df06ff267286b7f04583d6acb
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 7464ab39f0710d5bb9c1ee2b9e4f3b7b06366d94e6369dabb8f0d299099df172

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2ac5994834895b2e0944a477584e021fcde07e4468e4ec49a4c0aa589e168fe5
ppc64
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 600eaf1a580e80fa0605e439884e3c545d53da4d685e10061debee3b5cd1925b
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: a08d1adfc111a1b1fe212badfc15392fd42821451b6ca5133caf96d7beb24819

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2ac5994834895b2e0944a477584e021fcde07e4468e4ec49a4c0aa589e168fe5
x86_64
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5b35f832bd064e89f9c974f462d7135e2502394b8e616d0e6867b6aa223c754e
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5ee762ef4550e14ff72267e3d654f36aa4c80ff80419cac7b3c729ae92337578

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.src.rpm	SHA-256: 2ac5994834895b2e0944a477584e021fcde07e4468e4ec49a4c0aa589e168fe5
x86_64
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5b35f832bd064e89f9c974f462d7135e2502394b8e616d0e6867b6aa223c754e
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 5ee762ef4550e14ff72267e3d654f36aa4c80ff80419cac7b3c729ae92337578
i386
autofs-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ec4f327681774f4f8c9b8dae3d7d654b93f97896edf1557cad96d9dbbabf9297
autofs-debuginfo-5.0.5-73.el6.i686.rpm	SHA-256: ab86b0b7056372113266f5231022a604e9096707f86ea4911b37bbe25bde6ba6