Recommended update for google-compute-engine

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2656-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • Public Cloud Module 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for google-compute-engine provides fixes and enhancements:

  • Support oslogin feature. (bsc#1049242, fate#323757)
  • Allow nologin paths other than /sbin/nologin.
  • Try to download GCS URLs with curl if gsutil is not installed.
  • Fix control scripts to correctly restart sshd and nscd if they exist.
  • Retry HTTP requests if error 500 is received.
  • Move oslogin sudoers directory locations.
  • Start services after registercloudguest. (bsc#1057671)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Public Cloud Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2017-1641=1

Package List:

  • Public Cloud Module 12 (noarch)
    • google-compute-engine-init-20170829-2.1
  • Public Cloud Module 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • google-compute-engine-oslogin-20170829-2.1
    • google-compute-engine-oslogin-debuginfo-20170829-2.1

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