Issued:
2009-09-02
Updated:
2009-09-02

RHBA-2009:1344 - initscripts bug fix update

Synopsis

initscripts bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The initscripts package contains system scripts to boot your system, change runlevels, activate and deactivate most network interfaces, and shut the system down cleanly.

For a detailed documentation on the bugfixes applied by this update, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Technical Notes. A link to the section for this initscripts update is in the "References" below.

Users 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 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

  • initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.ppc.rpm
  • initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.s390x.rpm
  • initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.ia64.rpm
  • initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.src.rpm
  • initscripts-8.45.30-2.el5.i386.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

Additional information