Issued:
2012-03-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0404 - rusers bug fix update


Synopsis

rusers bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated rusers packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The rusers program allows users to find out who is logged into various machines on the local network. The rusers command produces output similar to output of the who utility, but for the specified list of hosts or for all machines on the local network.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, no dependency on the rpcbind package was specified in the rstatd and rusers SysV init scripts. In addition, when the rstatd and rusersd services were started, a check to see if networking was enabled was not performed, and an incorrect exit code was returned. This update adds rpcbind dependency to the rusersd and rstatd init scripts. Also, the SysV init scripts have been adjusted to return correct exit codes. Checks are now performed when starting the rstatd and rusersd services to see whether networking is available and binding to rpcbind was successful. (BZ#697862)

All users of rusers are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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.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

  • rusers-debuginfo-0.17-61.el6.i686.rpm
  • rusers-0.17-61.el6.src.rpm
  • rusers-0.17-61.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rusers-0.17-61.el6.i686.rpm
  • rusers-server-0.17-61.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rusers-server-0.17-61.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rusers-server-0.17-61.el6.i686.rpm
  • rusers-debuginfo-0.17-61.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • rusers-debuginfo-0.17-61.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rusers-debuginfo-0.17-61.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rusers-0.17-61.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • rusers-0.17-61.el6.s390x.rpm
  • rusers-server-0.17-61.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information