Issued:

2011-01-19

Updated:

2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0167 - system-config-kickstart bug fix update

Synopsis

system-config-kickstart bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated system-config-kickstart package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The system-config-kickstart package contains Kickstart Configurator, a graphical tool for creating kickstart files.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When a user opened an existing file, Kickstart Configurator did not clear the partition information, and the configuration from the file was incorrectly added to the previous configuration. With this update, the underlying source code has been adapted to address this issue, and opening a file now clears the previous partition information as expected. (BZ#610740)

• In the "Authentication" tab, the default hash function for shadow passwords was set to MD5. This update changes the default option to SHA-512. (BZ#633202)

Users of system-config-kickstart 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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• system-config-kickstart-2.8.6.3-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• system-config-kickstart-2.8.6.3-1.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 610740
• This content is not included.BZ - 633202

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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