SUSE-RU-2012:1415-1: moderate: Recommended update for aaa_base

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for aaa_base
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:1415-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #778175 #781442 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has two recommended fixes can now be
   installed.

Description:


   This update for aaa_base provides the following fixes:

   * fix path to faillog in /etc/profile and
   /etc/csh.login (bnc#781442)
   * Work around a separate /var parition, that is restore
   the pid file for the blogd as otherwise the signal SIGIO
   can not be submitted to the current blogd process.
   (bnc#778175)

Contraindications:



Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-aaa_base-6962

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-aaa_base-6962

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-aaa_base-6962

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      aaa_base-11-6.75.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      aaa_base-11-6.75.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      aaa_base-11-6.75.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/778175
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/781442
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b672c3192b2946e20fb05ebea2f43004