Issued:
2009-05-06
Updated:
2009-09-02

RHBA-2009:0462 - ypbind bug fix update

Synopsis

ypbind bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated ypbind package that fixes a bug is now available.

Description

This package provides the ypbind daemon. The ypbind daemon binds NIS clients to a NIS domain. Systems running NIS client programs must have ypbind running.

This updated ypbind package fixes the following bug:

  • the ypbind(8) manual page did not contain a description of the '-p [port]' option, which is used to specify the port to which ypbind binds. (BZ#474184)

All users of ypbind are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • ypbind-1.19-12.el5.src.rpm
  • ypbind-1.19-12.el5.s390x.rpm
  • ypbind-1.19-12.el5.ppc.rpm
  • ypbind-1.19-12.el5.i386.rpm
  • ypbind-1.19-12.el5.ia64.rpm
  • ypbind-1.19-12.el5.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information