- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHEA-2008:0838 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
setup enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An enhanced setup package which adds a new system user and several new
system groups is now available.
Description
The setup package contains a set of important system configuration and
setup files, such as passwd, group, and profile.
This updated setup package adds the following enhancements to Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5:
- the "realtime" system gid (Group ID) has been added.
- the "audio" system gid (Group ID) has been added.
- "condor" has been added both as a system uid (User ID) and as a system
gid (Group ID).
Users of setup are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds
these enhancements.
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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
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 - 253243 - Add group audio for accessible login
- BZ - 378091 - Condor User/Group Request
- BZ - 432643 - Need to reserve gid 71 to realtime group
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 357a5a7979ac3db54278357128c714c409838cf5706d79907254377514a1d7e4 |
x86_64 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
ia64 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
i386 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 357a5a7979ac3db54278357128c714c409838cf5706d79907254377514a1d7e4 |
x86_64 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
i386 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 357a5a7979ac3db54278357128c714c409838cf5706d79907254377514a1d7e4 |
x86_64 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
i386 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 357a5a7979ac3db54278357128c714c409838cf5706d79907254377514a1d7e4 |
s390x | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 357a5a7979ac3db54278357128c714c409838cf5706d79907254377514a1d7e4 |
ppc | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 357a5a7979ac3db54278357128c714c409838cf5706d79907254377514a1d7e4 |
x86_64 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
i386 | |
setup-2.5.58-4.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 94d76167b62337aca366af26ee6e27714875e6f8bda6f31003125edd53417025 |
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