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6.2 Technical Notes

Detailed notes on the changes implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2

Edition 2


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Abstract
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 Technical Notes list and document the changes made to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating system and its accompanying applications between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 and minor release Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2.

Preface
1. Technology Previews
1.1. Storage and File Systems
1.2. Networking
1.3. Clustering
1.4. Security
1.5. Devices
1.6. Kernel
1.7. Virtualization
2. Known Issues
2.1. Installation
2.2. Entitlement
2.3. Deployment
2.4. Virtualization
2.5. Storage and File Systems
2.6. Networking
2.7. Clustering
2.8. Authentication
2.9. Devices
2.10. Kernel
2.11. Desktop
3. New Packages
3.1. RHEA-2011:1729 — new package: fcoe-target-utils
3.2. RHEA-2011:1653 — new package: libunistring
3.3. RHEA-2011:1636 — new package: libvirt-qmf
3.4. RHEA-2011:1609 — new package: libvirt-snmp
3.5. RHBA-2011:1628 — new package: openslp
3.6. RHEA-2011:1545 — new package: passsync
3.7. RHEA-2011:1731 — new package: perl-Test-Inter
3.8. RHEA-2011:1725 — new package: python-configshell
3.9. RHEA-2011:1724 — new package: python-ipaddr
3.10. RHEA-2011:1728 — new package: python-rtslib
3.11. RHEA-2011:1727 — new package: python-simpleparse
3.12. RHEA-2011:1726 — new package: python-urwid
3.13. RHEA-2011:1622 — new package: python-suds
3.14. RHEA-2011:1590 — new package: sanlock
3.15. RHEA-2011:1633 — new package: tboot
3.16. RHEA-2011:1752 — new package: vios-proxy
3.17. RHEA-2011:1757 — new package: virt-who
3.18. RHEA-2011:1625 — new package: wdaemon
3.19. RHEA-2011:1610 — new packages: spice-gtk
3.20. RHEA-2011:1627 — new packages: btparser
3.21. RHEA-2011:1640 — new packages: sgabios
3.22. RHEA-2011:1714 — new packages: mesa-libGLw
3.23. RHEA-2011:1442 — new packages: tdb-tools
4. Package Updates
4.1. 389-ds-base
4.2. abrt
4.3. acl
4.4. alsa-lib
4.5. anaconda
4.6. apr
4.7. atlas
4.8. attr
4.9. audit
4.10. augeas
4.11. autofs
4.12. autotrace
4.13. bacula
4.14. bfa-firmware
4.15. bind
4.16. bind-dyndb-ldap
4.17. binutils
4.18. biosdevname
4.19. blktrace
4.20. bltk
4.21. boost
4.22. ca-certificates
4.23. cachefilesd
4.24. certmonger
4.25. cifs-utils
4.26. cjkuni-fonts
4.27. cluster
4.28. clustermon
4.29. coolkey
4.30. coreutils
4.31. corosync
4.32. cpufrequtils
4.33. crash
4.34. crontabs
4.35. cryptsetup-luks
4.36. ctdb
4.37. cups
4.38. curl
4.39. cyrus-imapd
4.40. cyrus-sasl
4.41. dbus
4.42. device-mapper-multipath
4.43. DeviceKit-power
4.44. dhcp
4.45. dmidecode
4.46. dnsmasq
4.47. dosfstools
4.48. dovecot
4.49. doxygen
4.50. dracut
4.51. dump
4.52. e2fsprogs
4.53. ecryptfs-utils
4.54. esc
4.55. fakechroot
4.56. fcoe-utils
4.57. fence-agents
4.58. fence-virt
4.59. file
4.60. filesystem
4.61. fipscheck
4.62. firefox
4.63. firstaidkit
4.64. firstboot
4.65. foomatic
4.66. freetype
4.67. fuse
4.68. gcc
4.69. gdb
4.70. gdm
4.71. ghostscript
4.72. gimp
4.73. glibc
4.74. gnome-screensaver
4.75. gnome-session
4.76. gnome-system-monitor
4.77. gnome-terminal
4.78. gpm
4.79. gpxe
4.80. graphviz
4.81. grub
4.82. guile
4.83. httpd
4.84. hwdata
4.85. ibus
4.86. ibus-anthy
4.87. ibus-table-erbi
4.88. icedtea-web
4.89. initscripts
4.90. ipa
4.91. ipa-pki-theme
4.92. ipmitool
4.93. iproute
4.94. iprutils
4.95. iscsi-initiator-utils
4.96. isdn4k-utils
4.97. iwl1000-firmware
4.98. iwl5000-firmware
4.99. iwl6000g2a-firmware
4.100. java-1.6.0-openjdk
4.101. jss
4.102. jwhois
4.103. kabi-whitelists
4.104. kdeaccessibility
4.105. kdeadmin
4.106. kdebase
4.107. kdebase-workspace
4.108. kdelibs
4.109. kdepim-runtime
4.110. kdeutils
4.111. kernel
4.112. kexec-tools
4.113. keyutils
4.114. krb5
4.115. krb5-appl
4.116. ksh
4.117. less
4.118. libarchive
4.119. libcacard
4.120. libcap
4.121. libcgroup
4.122. libcmpiutil
4.123. libesmtp
4.124. libgcrypt
4.125. libgpg-error
4.126. libguestfs
4.127. libhbaapi
4.128. libhbalinux
4.129. libhugetlbfs
4.130. libica
4.131. libnih
4.132. libpng
4.133. librsvg2
4.134. libselinux
4.135. libsemanage
4.136. libsepol
4.137. libsndfile
4.138. libsoup
4.139. libssh2
4.140. libtirpc
4.141. libvirt
4.142. libvirt-cim
4.143. libXfont
4.144. libxml2
4.145. lldpad
4.146. lohit-assamese-fonts
4.147. lohit-bengali-fonts
4.148. lohit-gujarati-fonts
4.149. lohit-kannada-fonts
4.150. lohit-malayalam-fonts
4.151. lohit-oriya-fonts
4.152. lohit-punjabi-fonts
4.153. lohit-tamil-fonts
4.154. lohit-telugu-fonts
4.155. lsof
4.156. luci
4.157. lvm2
4.158. m17n-contrib
4.159. m17n-lib
4.160. mailcap
4.161. mailman
4.162. man-pages-ja
4.163. man-pages-overrides
4.164. matahari
4.165. mcelog
4.166. mdadm
4.167. mesa
4.168. microcode_ctl
4.169. mingetty
4.170. mingw32
4.171. mingw32-qpid-cpp
4.172. mksh
4.173. mod_nss
4.174. mod_revocator
4.175. mutt
4.176. nautilus
4.177. nautilus-open-terminal
4.178. net-snmp
4.179. net-tools
4.180. netcf
4.181. NetworkManager
4.182. NetworkManager-openswan
4.183. newt
4.184. nfs-utils
4.185. nfs-utils-lib
4.186. nmap
4.187. nspr, nss, nss-softokn, and nss-util
4.188. nss
4.189. nss-pam-ldapd
4.190. nss_db
4.191. omping
4.192. opencryptoki
4.193. openldap
4.194. openmotif
4.195. openscap
4.196. openssh
4.197. openssl
4.198. openssl-ibmca
4.199. openswan
4.200. oprofile
4.201. pacemaker
4.202. pam
4.203. pam_krb5
4.204. pam_ldap
4.205. papi
4.206. parted
4.207. pciutils
4.208. perl
4.209. perl-Date-Manip
4.210. perl-Net-DNS
4.211. perl-NetAddr-IP
4.212. perl-Sys-Virt
4.213. perl-Test-Spelling
4.214. php-pear
4.215. php53 and php
4.216. pinentry
4.217. piranha
4.218. pki-core
4.219. plymouth
4.220. policycoreutils
4.221. portreserve
4.222. postfix
4.223. postgresql
4.224. powerpc-utils
4.225. powertop
4.226. prelink
4.227. procps
4.228. pykickstart
4.229. pyparted
4.230. python
4.231. python-dmidecode
4.232. python-meh
4.233. python-netaddr
4.234. python-psycopg2
4.235. python-qpid
4.236. python-rhsm
4.237. python-virtinst
4.238. qemu-kvm
4.239. ql2400-firmware
4.240. ql2500-firmware
4.241. qpid-cpp
4.242. qpid-qmf
4.243. qpid-tests
4.244. qpid-tools
4.245. qt
4.246. qt3
4.247. RDMA
4.248. Release Notes
4.249. redhat-release
4.250. redhat-rpm-config
4.251. resource-agents
4.252. rgmanager
4.253. rhn-client-tools
4.254. rhnlib
4.255. ricci
4.256. rng-tools
4.257. rpm
4.258. rsyslog
4.259. ruby
4.260. s390utils
4.261. sabayon
4.262. samba
4.263. sblim-cmpi-base
4.264. sblim-cmpi-fsvol
4.265. sblim-cmpi-nfsv3
4.266. sblim-gather
4.267. sblim-sfcb
4.268. sblim-sfcc
4.269. sblim-smis-hba
4.270. scsi-target-utils
4.271. seabios
4.272. sed
4.273. seekwatcher
4.274. selinux-policy
4.275. setroubleshoot
4.276. setup
4.277. sg3_utils
4.278. shadow-utils
4.279. sigar
4.280. slapi-nis
4.281. smartmontools
4.282. sos
4.283. spice-client
4.284. spice-protocol
4.285. spice-server
4.286. spice-vdagent
4.287. squid
4.288. sssd
4.289. star
4.290. subscription-manager
4.291. subversion
4.292. sudo
4.293. swig
4.294. system-config-firewall
4.295. system-config-kickstart
4.296. system-config-lvm
4.297. system-config-printer
4.298. system-switch-java
4.299. systemtap
4.300. tcp_wrappers
4.301. tcsh
4.302. telnet
4.303. texlive-texmf
4.304. tftp
4.305. thunderbird
4.306. tigervnc
4.307. tmpwatch
4.308. tog-pegasus
4.309. tomcatjss
4.310. tsclient
4.311. tuned
4.312. udev
4.313. udisks
4.314. unicap
4.315. usbutils
4.316. util-linux-ng
4.317. valgrind
4.318. virt-manager
4.319. virt-top
4.320. virt-v2v
4.321. virt-viewer
4.322. virt-what
4.323. virtio-win
4.324. vte
4.325. which
4.326. wireshark
4.327. wpa_supplicant
4.328. X.Org
A. Revision History