Issued:

2012-10-17

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2012:1381 - dash bug fix update

Synopsis

dash bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

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

Description

The dash packages provide the POSIX-compliant Debian Almquist shell intended for small media like floppy disks.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, the dash shell was not an allowed login shell. As a consequence, users could not log in using the dash shell. This update adds the dash to the /etc/shells list of allowed login shells when installing or upgrading dash package and removes it from the list when uninstalling the package. Now, users can login using the dash shell. (BZ#706147)

All users of dash 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

Updated Packages

• dash-0.5.5.1-4.el6.i686.rpm
• dash-debuginfo-0.5.5.1-4.el6.i686.rpm
• dash-debuginfo-0.5.5.1-4.el6.s390x.rpm
• dash-0.5.5.1-4.el6.s390x.rpm
• dash-0.5.5.1-4.el6.src.rpm
• dash-debuginfo-0.5.5.1-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• dash-0.5.5.1-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• dash-debuginfo-0.5.5.1-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
• dash-0.5.5.1-4.el6.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 706147

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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