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Fedora Core 3 FEDORA-2005-433 Moderate: Util-Linux System Update

fedora
Calendar Grey June 17, 2005
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Explore the extensive upgrade for util-linux in Fedora Core 3, boosting system utility efficiency and addressing various issues.
Updated package.

Summary

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system

utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among

others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login

program.

- fix #160282, #149997 – Group passwords are not working with newgrp command

- fix #143597 – NEWGRP asks for password when switching to default GID

- fix #159418 – sfdisk unusable - crashes immediately on invocation

- fix #157656 – CRM 546998 : Possible bug in vipw, changes permissions of /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow

495bea5115433ec583aa747639e502ed SRPMS/util-linux-2.12a-24.3.src.rpm

ef2237f6da71fef9e2793457f1a983b7 x86_64/util-linux-2.12a-24.3.x86_64.rpm

5636eb631c7df51fd3da8d5ed1b4a657 x86_64/debug/util-linux-debuginfo-2.12a-24.3.x86_64.rpm

01e05f29ae0d632f4e0af87ab6f81eed i386/util-linux-2.12a-24.3.i386.rpm

62400f7264ce0dc2034452599b74fe6c i386/debug/util-linux-debuginfo-2.12a-24.3.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Name: util-linux
Version: 2.12a
Release: 24.3
Summary: A collection of basic system utilities.

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