Issued:
2021-05-18
Updated:
2021-05-18

RHBA-2021:1650 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

shadow-utils bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for shadow-utils is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Description

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1749001 - "Failed to flush the sssd cache" error message observed during ipa upgrade process
  • BZ - 1804766 - login.defs man page has incorrect information for login(1)
  • BZ - 1869432 - useradd clarify man page usage regarding period in username

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: fb1944e85b88dc546082615af599b1c672b87ad231d0ed0855b8aff0fc3ea189
x86_64
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 97cc8ea9130134608ef86ad410c93ac52ed4301fca185e36e9180643a51a98b7
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5a30efee890c9d2220a8c20694b72adfcba86fdbd4d649807e34d71c43618241
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 746599e703f9827aa5f6cf988a6a05803fc44eb472a534d9b94abdfbc2abf2f7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: fb1944e85b88dc546082615af599b1c672b87ad231d0ed0855b8aff0fc3ea189
s390x
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1807e0a221cb225bb74bde6112957fa46fba43f8bf3f9dadf95c7e2746bc49f3
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a52c3d47e696437a0f15a654159d29e0d077a924b990fa3823dbd79cb9f1a09b
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8fc3c05dafb28f0ac3c744110920c49df2533206cd8ce3923a17022d8d48a0b1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: fb1944e85b88dc546082615af599b1c672b87ad231d0ed0855b8aff0fc3ea189
ppc64le
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: c5e5b0e91d59c76cc142a709345a459296bb89647e78a5681f9beb73a58c2c2a
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 6a6f0499cd173c09ef066654ad698970a3c038fc104950f0dee6a49b9eece1bf
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 3e41497d10b1dab700ece9592d8d3352ec362a604f302db15325e27fd4749971

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: fb1944e85b88dc546082615af599b1c672b87ad231d0ed0855b8aff0fc3ea189
aarch64
shadow-utils-4.6-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: aa85c77f603c13f1f2154169238d1a2eeac0be423baa5b027f648a74bf030106
shadow-utils-debuginfo-4.6-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: ae356ec11ce6a75630eb418531631067095f57d8787d471be45154d9a8801cc2
shadow-utils-debugsource-4.6-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 492692f0b98727a0e5b41200c0cbba8cf8e9bbd1489e58213f4dbff110a719ae

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