Recommended update for autofs

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for autofs
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:0251-1
Rating: moderate
References: #791402
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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    An update that has one recommended fix can now be installed. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This update for AutoFS enables support to auto-mounting NFS
    volumes on IPv6 networks. Additionally, it includes the
    following fixes and improvements:

    * Fix isspace() wild card substitution
    * Fix mountd version retry
    * Mount using address for DNS round robin host names
    * Fix sanity checks for brackets in server name
    * Fix simple bind without SASL support
    * Fix nfs4 contacts portmap
    * Miscellaneous code analysis fixes

    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-autofs-7212
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-autofs-7212
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-autofs-7212

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 5.0.6]:
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 5.0.6]:
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.4.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 5.0.6]:
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.4.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/791402
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=00a6a3c2343b9a7af71690df8c6f0e65