Recommended update for aaa_base

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for aaa_base
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1415-1
Rating: moderate
References: #778175 #781442
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for aaa_base provides the following fixes:

    * fix path to faillog in /etc/profile and
    /etc/csh.login (bnc#781442)
    * Work around a separate /var parition, that is restore
    the pid file for the blogd as otherwise the signal SIGIO
    can not be submitted to the current blogd process.
    (bnc#778175)

    Contraindications:

    None

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-aaa_base-6962
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-aaa_base-6962
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-aaa_base-6962

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • aaa_base-11-6.75.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • aaa_base-11-6.75.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • aaa_base-11-6.75.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/778175
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/781442
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b672c3192b2946e20fb05ebea2f43004