Recommended update for conman

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2987-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • HPC 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 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 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 one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for conman fixes the following issues:

Connman was updated to version 0.2.8 for the HPC module (FATE#324168).

Updated to version 0.2.8:

  • Changed project homepage to <https://dun.github.io/conman/>. (#21)
  • Changed conman.conf default loopback setting to ON.
  • Changed rpm spec file from sysvinit to systemd.
  • Added 'server nofile' config directive to increase NOFILE limit. (#17)
  • Added '-P' cmdline opt to daemon for specifying pidfile. (#20)
  • Added test console device to aid in development and testing.
  • Fixed telnet option negotiation loop. (#9)
  • Fixed arbitrary limit on number of IPMI SOL consoles. (#15)
  • Fixed 4-character limit on timezones. (#16)
  • Fixed 1-second delay when connecting the client to a console.
  • Fixed UDS console reconnect delay to use exponential timeout.
  • Fixed UDS console reconnect delay to require min connect time before reset.
  • Fixed UDS console resource leak of pathname during config processing.
  • Fixed all gcc, clang, and Coverity Scan warnings.

  • Improved scalability of daemon.

  • Enable tcpwrappers on all platforms by default.

  • Set user/group for conman to root/root on SLE12 for backward compatibility.
  • Remove Provides: group/user(): these are only used by conman, there is no intention to provide them to other packages.
  • conman service configured to start as conman:conman user
  • Fixed ssh expect script for SUSE-specific output.
  • conman.conf: make differences between openSUSE and SLES explicit.
  • Set use of tcpwrappers to 'off' by default.

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:

  • HPC Module 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-12-2017-1849=1

Package List:

  • HPC Module 12 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • conman-debuginfo-0.2.8-4.3.1
    • conman-0.2.8-4.3.1
    • conman-debugsource-0.2.8-4.3.1

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