Issued:
2009-05-18
Updated:
2009-05-18

RHBA-2009:1000 - initscripts bug fix update

Synopsis

initscripts bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated initscripts package that fixes various bugs is now available.

Description

The initscripts package contains the basic system scripts used to boot your Red Hat system, change runlevels, and shut the system down cleanly. Initscripts also contains the scripts that activate and de-activate most network interfaces.

This updated initscripts package includes fixes for the following bugs:

  • the "ifdown" script did not shut down bonded interfaces in the correct order, which caused the "network" init script to become unresponsive during system shutdown, or upon restarting the "network" service script. With this updated package, ifdown shuts down bonded interfaces in the correct order, thus correcting the hang which previously occurred.

  • one Dutch string translation asked users to enter either "j" or "n" (representing "yes" or "no") as an answer to a question about checking the file system following an unclean shutdown. However, only "y" or "n" are accepted as user input. In this updated package, the incorrect "j" has been changed to a "y" in the Dutch translation.

  • the LINKDELAY parameter was not taken into account for DHCP connections, which could have caused network devices to become disabled during the boot process. LINKDELAY is now taken into account, which resolves this issue.

  • /sbin/kmodule is a utility used to probe for kernel modules. The kudzu program, which is used to detect changes in systems' hardware configurations, contained a flaw wherein it used the wrong device when obtaining information about tape devices, and which could have incorrectly caused tape devices to rewind. This updated initscripts package takes into account the fix to kudzu, so that it is no longer possible for tape devices to be rewound when probing a system's hardware configuration.

All users of initscripts are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.

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 endian4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4i386

Updated Packages

  • initscripts-7.93.34-1.el4.s390x.rpm
  • initscripts-7.93.34-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
  • initscripts-7.93.34-1.el4.ia64.rpm
  • initscripts-7.93.34-1.el4.src.rpm
  • initscripts-7.93.34-1.el4.i386.rpm
  • initscripts-7.93.34-1.el4.ppc.rpm
  • initscripts-7.93.34-1.el4.s390.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information