Recommended update for autofs

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2016:2162-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for AutoFS provides the following fixes and enhancements:

  • Add a new configuration option ($USE_HOSTNAME_FOR_MOUNTS) to enable the use of fully qualified domain names in mounts. (bsc#968791)
  • Link the LDAP lookup module against the reentrant version of the LDAP library (libldap_r), fixing some rare race conditions that could lead to segmentation faults. (bsc#955477)
  • Fix spurious ELOOP errors caused by incorrect error handling in the NSS lookup module. (bsc#968918)

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-autofs-12716=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-autofs-12716=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.10.33.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • autofs-5.0.6-3.10.33.1

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