Issued:
2011-07-21
Updated:
2011-07-21

RHBA-2011:1079 - autofs bug fix and enhancement update


Synopsis

autofs bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated autofs package that fixes several bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon. The automount daemon automatically mounts file systems when you use them, and unmounts them when they are not busy.

These updated autofs packages include a number of bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Technical Notes for information about these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/5.7_Technical_Notes/autofs.html#RHBA-2011-1079

All autofs users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which provide numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

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

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

  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5.ia64.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5.i386.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5.ppc.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5.src.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5.x86_64.rpm
  • autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.156.el5.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References


Additional information