Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1565 - xfsdump bug fix update

Synopsis

xfsdump bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xfsdump packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xfsdump packages provide several utilities for managing XFS file systems, including xfsrestore and xfsdump.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Previously, the xfsrestore command executed on a dumped XFS filesystem did not properly restore file capabilities. This bug has been fixed and file capabilities are now correctly restored by xfsrestore. (#905585)

  • Previously, the xfsdump package did not create the /var/lib/xfsdump/inventory/ directory during installation. Consequently, the directory was created during run time, and therefore it was not owned by the package. With this update, /var/lib/xfsdump/inventory/ is created when the package is installed. Now, xfsdump owns /var/lib/xfsdump/inventory/ as expected. (#1055655)

Users of xfsdump are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs.

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/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Workstation)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server)6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Server) from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Scalable File System (for RHEL Compute Node)6x86_64

Updated Packages

  • xfsdump-3.0.4-4.el6.src.rpm
  • xfsdump-3.0.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • xfsdump-debuginfo-3.0.4-4.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information