Bug 186069 - The rpc.gssd daemon fails with mixed case characters
Summary: The rpc.gssd daemon fails with mixed case characters
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: nfs-utils
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Steve Dickson
QA Contact: Ben Levenson
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 181409
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-03-21 14:32 UTC by Steve Dickson
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
0 users

Fixed In Version: RHBA-2006-0463
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2006-08-10 21:29:23 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
The patch that fixes the problem (917 bytes, patch)
2006-03-21 14:32 UTC, Steve Dickson
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2006:0463 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE nfs-utils bug fix update 2006-08-09 04:00:00 UTC

Description Steve Dickson 2006-03-21 14:32:29 UTC
Description of problem:
The rpc.gssd daemon, used with Secure NFS, does not understand
DNS domain names that used upper and lower case characters


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Set the DNS domain name to contain both upper and lower
case characters, then try to mount using the -o sec=krb5 mount
option.

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
Mount fails

Expected results:
Mount should work

Additional info:
This was found at this year's Connectathon

Comment 1 Steve Dickson 2006-03-21 14:32:31 UTC
Created attachment 126398 [details]
The patch that fixes the problem

Comment 4 Steve Dickson 2006-05-02 16:57:30 UTC
fixed in nfs-utils-1.0.6-69

Comment 8 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-08-10 21:29:26 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2006-0463.html



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