Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 21:57:42 -0500
From: Bill Nottingham <<a
href=”mailto:notting@redhat.com”>notting@redhat.com>
To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Red Hat, Inc. Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis: new usermode packages available
Advisory ID: RHEA-1999:038-01
Issue date: 1999-11-01
Updated on:
Keywords: usermode userinfo GECOS home phone number
Cross references:
1. Topic:
Bugs fixed in the userinfo and userhelper programs in the
usermode package.
2. Bug IDs fixed (http://developer.redhat.com/bugzilla
for more info):
3614, 5197, 5210, 5375
3. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Linux 6.1, Intel
4. Obsoleted by:
5. Conflicts with:
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Linux 6.x:
Intel:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/i386/usermode-1.16-1.i386.rpm
Source packages:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.1/SRPMS/usermode-1.16-1.src.rpm
7. Problem description:
The userinfo program included in usermode-1.15 and several
earlier versions do not correctly update user information. The
userinfo program in usermode-1.9 (included in Red Hat Linux 6.0)
could, in some circumstances, attempt to use all available memory,
and could fail to update. The userhelper program in usermode-1.9
did not work in some hesiod environments.
8. Solution:
For each RPM for your particular architecture, run:
rpm -Uvh
where filename is the name of the RPM.
9. Verification:
MD5 sum Package Name
306169e60679218ceccc956c40026bc1 i386/usermode-1.16-1.i386.rpm 95f459821733ef70dc89b17bdb85575a SRPMS/usermode-1.16-1.src.rpm
These packages are PGP signed by Red Hat Inc. for security. Our
key is available at:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html
You can verify each package with the following command:
rpm –checksig
If you only wish to verify that each package has not been
corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the
following command:
rpm –checksig –nopgp
10. References: