Issued:

2009-12-09

Updated:

2010-04-07

RHBA-2009:1653 - xorg-x11-xdm bug fix update

Synopsis

xorg-x11-xdm bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated xorg-x11-xdm package that fixes a bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

[Updated 7 April 2010] These packages have also been made available in the following child channel: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Client 5 for x86. No changes have been made to the packages.

Description

xorg-x11-xdm provides a legacy display login manager for the X Window System.

This updated xorg-x11-xdm package fixes the following bug:

• the xorg-x11-xdm package contained two PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) configuration files: "xdm" and "xserver". Because the xorg-x11-xdm package only requires the use of the "xdm" PAM configuration file, this update removes the second, spurious and unused PAM configuration file from the xorg-x11-xdm package. (BZ#506535)

All users of xorg-x11-xdm 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

Updated Packages

• xorg-x11-xdm-1.0.5-7.el5.ppc.rpm
• xorg-x11-xdm-1.0.5-7.el5.s390x.rpm
• xorg-x11-xdm-1.0.5-7.el5.src.rpm
• xorg-x11-xdm-1.0.5-7.el5.x86_64.rpm
• xorg-x11-xdm-1.0.5-7.el5.i386.rpm
• xorg-x11-xdm-1.0.5-7.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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