Bug 617565 - Update of iputils starts rdisc, breaking network connectivity
Summary: Update of iputils starts rdisc, breaking network connectivity
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: iputils
Version: 4.8
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Jiri Skala
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Depends On: 519124
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-23 12:53 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2014-11-09 22:33 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Updating the iputils utilities set used to cause the rdisc (network router discovery daemon) to restart, which in some cases could break the network connectivity. With this update, the rdisc daemon is only restarted if it was running before the update was initiated.
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Last Closed: 2010-08-31 15:42:12 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0663 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE iputils bug fix 2010-08-31 15:42:04 UTC

Description RHEL Program Management 2010-07-23 12:53:17 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #519124 and has been proposed
to be backported to 4.8 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 4 Florian Nadge 2010-07-23 17:11:04 UTC 
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

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Updating the iputils utilities set used to cause the rdisc (network router discovery daemon) to restart, which in some cases could break the network connectivity. With this update, the rdisc daemon is only restarted if it was running before the update was initiated.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2010-08-31 15:42:12 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 therefore 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-2010-0663.html
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