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Errata

tinysofa enterprise server 1.0

May 25th, 2004 (#2004-007)

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                        Bug Fix Advisory  #2004-007

 Package names:     initscripts python screen
 Summary:           Major bug fixes, Minor bug fixes, Feature enhancements
 Advisory ID:       TS-2004-007
 Date:              2004-05-25
 Affected versions: tinysofa enterprise server 1.0
                    tinysofa enterprise server 1.0-U1

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 Bug Fixes and Enhancements
 ==========================

 Major Bug Fixes
 ---------------

  python:
  * Python is now built with the stack protector disabled due to a
    problem with the stack protector and the python socketmodule.so
    module. This problem presented itself as a segmentation fault in
    BitTorrent.


 Minor Bug Fixes
 ---------------

  initscripts:
  * An extraneous /etc/init.d/halt~ file was removed from the package.


 Feature Enhancements
 --------------------

  screen:
  * Added PAM support. Allows screen locking with system password.


 Recommended Action
 ==================

  We recommend that all systems with these packages installed be upgraded.
  Please note that if you do not need the functionality provided by this
  package, you may want to remove it from your system.


 Location
 ========

  All tinysofa updates are available from
  <URI:http://http.tinysofa.org/pub/tinysofa/updates/>
  <URI:ftp://ftp.tinysofa.org/pub/tinysofa/updates/>

 Automatic Updates
 =================

  Users of the SWUP tool can enjoy having updates automatically
  installed using 'swup --upgrade'.


 Questions?
 ==========

  Check out our mailing lists:
  <URI:http://www.tinysofa.org/support/>


 Verification
 ============

  This advisory is signed with the tinysofa security sign key.
  This key is available from:
  <URI:http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xAEDCBB4B>

  All tinysofa packages are signed with the tinysofa stable sign key.
  This key is available from:
  <URI:http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x0F1240A2>

  The advisory is available from the tinysofa errata database at
  <URI:http://www.tinysofa.org/support/errata/>
  or directly at
  <URI:http://www.tinysofa.org/support/errata/2004/007.html>


 MD5sums Of The Packages
 =======================

  a8f51479361787be36f8bcce23898b32  initscripts-7.31.9-3ts.i586.rpm
  2b16d0ea954ed5a8872b0297e9b29e7b  python-2.3.3-8ts.i586.rpm
  5b05ad33e321a89ee221db76390a8000  python-devel-2.3.3-8ts.i586.rpm
  99b381b88f1b9f7d5de757abb8b32dbf  python-docs-2.3.3-8ts.i586.rpm
  ea989647348844f91a273d69c564e840  python-tools-2.3.3-8ts.i586.rpm
  d4c3b61b21b4ed8714ccc331aa4586a3  screen-4.0.2-3ts.i586.rpm


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 tinysofa Security Team <security at tinysofa dot org>