Issued:
2013-01-07
Updated:
2013-01-07

RHBA-2012:1147 - system-config-netboot bug fix update


Synopsis

system-config-netboot bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated system-config-netboot packages that that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

System-config-netboot is a utility which allows the configuration of diskless environments and network installations.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Prior to this update, deletion of a pxeos entry only removed its description from the pxeos.xml file and not from the default pxe configuration file as described in the pxeos manual page. With this update, the change is reflected in both the pxeos.xml file and the default pxe configuration file.

All users of system-config-netboot 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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

Updated Packages

  • system-config-netboot-0.1.45.1-5.el5.noarch.rpm
  • system-config-netboot-cmd-0.1.45.1-5.el5.noarch.rpm
  • system-config-netboot-0.1.45.1-5.el5.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information