Issued:
2011-05-19
Updated:
2011-05-19

RHBA-2011:0730 - system-config-users bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

system-config-users bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated system-config-users package that fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The system-config-users utility provides a graphical interface for adding and removing users and groups to the system. Once started, system-config-users provides a help feature to assist in learning the interface.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, passwords deemed too simple were always prohibited. This update only warns about passwords that are deemed unsuitable or too weak. Now, also short passwords are accepted. (BZ#582205)

  • Previously, system-config-users did not always detect if a home directory could be created correctly before actually doing it. Due to this problem, system-config-users did not create a home directory on certain file systems (e.g. home directories located beneath an autofs mount-point) but acted on the assumption that it did. As a workaround, this update tries to create the home directory before creating the user in system-config-users. (BZ#599214)

  • Previously, system-config-users failed to start if the maximum allowable length for user or group IDs (UID/GID) was already allocated. This update handles this situation by ignoring such high UIDs/GIDs where it needs to automatically allocate user or group IDs. (BZ#628730)

  • Previously, a search for users and groups would only search for names beginning with the search string. Due to this behavior, names that had the string somewhere else in the name were ignored. This update searches for substrings in user and group names. (BZ#612172)

  • Previously, several on-screen messages were not correctly translated in some languages. This update corrects the translated strings. Now, all messages are correctly translated. (BZ#629469)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

  • Previously, users could not force password expiration from the graphical user interface. This update allows for forced expiry of passwords without the need to use command line utilities. (BZ#571571)

All users of the system-config-users utility are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fix these bugs and adds this enhancement.

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.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259/

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.noarch.rpm
  • system-config-users-1.2.106-5.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information