Bug 701444

Summary:	Fix libkrb5 to work when > 1024 file descriptors are in use
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Simo Sorce <ssorce>
Component:	krb5	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.7	CC:	dpal, jplans, ohudlick, prc, sauchter
Target Milestone:	rc
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URL:	http://src.mit.edu/fisheye/changelog/krb5/?cs=24908
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Fixed In Version:	krb5-1.6.1-68.el5	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Clones:	701446 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-02-21 03:19:17 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	701446

Description Simo Sorce 2011-05-02 21:05:48 UTC

libkrb5 has issues working in processes that have more than 1024 files open due to the use of select()
Upstream has a patch to make libkrb5 use poll() instead.

Please backport it to RHEL5 so that daemons like samba do not have issues in those cases.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 03:19:17 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0306.html