Issued:
2009-12-09
Updated:
2010-03-30

RHBA-2009:1655 - rhnsd bug fix update

Synopsis

rhnsd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated rhnsd package that fixes a problem with inconsistent system environments during rhn_check execution is now available.

Description

The Red Hat Update Agent -- rhnsd -- periodically polls the Red Hat Network (RHN) or a Red Hat Network Satellite server to determine actions to be executed on a client, such as which packages need to be updated on a given system, and then runs those actions.

This update addresses the following issue:

  • an alternative to polling a server for scheduled actions is pushing the scheduled actions from the RHN or Satellite server to the client. This is implemented with the XMPP protocol and the OSAD program running on a client. Both rhnsd and osad use the rhn_check program to execute scheduled actions on a client. Previously, the system environment passed to rhn_check by rhnsd was not consistent with the system environment passed to rhn_check by osad. In some circumstances, this inconsistency led to update failures. With this update both rhnsd and osad now return an equivalent "env" to rhn_check and actions executed either by pulling (rhnsd) or pushing (ocad) both work as expected. (BZ#503738)

All RHN or RHN Satellite users should install this updated package which fixes this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the 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

Update rhnsd by running:

# yum update rhnsd

Restart rhnsd agent by running:

# service rhnsd restart

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

  • rhnsd-4.7.0-5.el5.ia64.rpm
  • rhnsd-4.7.0-5.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • rhnsd-4.7.0-5.el5.i386.rpm
  • rhnsd-4.7.0-5.el5.src.rpm
  • rhnsd-4.7.0-5.el5.ppc.rpm
  • rhnsd-4.7.0-5.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information