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Redhat : Updated ypserv package
Red Hat Network has determined that the following advisory is applicable to
one or more of the systems you have registered:
Complete information about this errata can be found at the following location:
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Bug Fix Advisory - RHBA-2004:394-05
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Summary:
Updated ypserv package
An updated ypserv package that fixes a YP_NOMORE bug is now available.
Description:
The Network Information Service (NIS) is a system that provides
network information (login names, passwords, home directories, group
information) to all of the machines on a network. NIS allows users
to login on any machine on the network, as long as the machine has
the NIS client programs running and the user password is recorded in
the NIS passwd database. NIS was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages
(YP).
In the NIS protocol, the yp_all procedure is a list of yp entries packaged
up by the server and sent back to the client in one big message, versus
doing a yp_first/yp_next which receives each entry one at a time.
This updated ypserv package fixes a problem where some applications
depended on seeing the YP_NOMORE status instead of relying on the more bit.
Ypserv was not ending the packaged yp entires with a YP_NOMORE status,
resulting in the more bit set to false. This patch fixes this problem.
All users of ypserv should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
this issue.
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Taking Action
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- run the Update Agent on each affected server.
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Affected Systems List
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This Errata Advisory may apply to the systems listed below. If you know that
this errata does not apply to a system listed, it might be possible that the
package profile for that server is out of date. In that case you should run
'up2date -p' as root on the system in question to refresh your software profile.
There are 8 affected systems registered in 'Your RHN' (only systems for
which you have explicitly enabled Errata Alerts are shown).
Release Arch Profile Name
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3AS i686 p02.es.uci.edu
3AS x86_64 mpc64.nacs.uci.edu
3AS x86_64 narg.nac.uci.edu
3AS athlon blee.nac.uci.edu
3AS i686 network-stats-collector-3.nacs.uci.edu
3AS i686 bounce2.nac.uci.edu
3AS x86_64 pxe.es.uci.edu
3AS athlon nomad.nac.uci.edu
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