Recommended update for nfs-utils

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for nfs-utils
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:1365-1
Rating: low
References: #931308 #945937 #947852 #948346
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4

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

    Description:


    This update for nfs-utils fixes the following issues:

    - Improve gss correctness when client/server clocks are scewed (bsc#931308)
    - Fix NFS server problems when large numbers of netgroups are used
    (bsc#948346)
    - mount.nfs should fail if statd is being slow to start due to DNS issues
    (bsc#945937)
    - nfs.init: pass $RPC_PIPEFS_DIR to idmap when 'try-restart' or
    'condrestart' called (bsc#947852)

    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-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-nfs-utils-12568=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • nfs-client-1.2.3-18.47.1
      • nfs-doc-1.2.3-18.47.1
      • nfs-kernel-server-1.2.3-18.47.1

    References: