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4.179. net-tools

An updated net-tools package that fixes various bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The net-tools package contains basic networking tools, including ifconfig, netstat, route, and others.

Bug Fixes

BZ#705110
Prior to this update, the "hostname -i" command failed to display related network addresses when the hostname was not included in the /etc/hosts file. The "hostname -f" command had the same issue with Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs). To fix this issue, new "--all-fqdns" (or "-A") and "--all-ip-addresses" (or "-I") options have been implemented for the hostname command. These options are independent on the /etc/hosts content. The "hostname -I" command now displays all network addresses for all configured network interfaces, and the "hostname -A" command displays all FQDNs for all configured network interfaces of the host.
BZ#725348
The "netstat -p" command output incorrectly displayed a number in the PID/Program name column instead of the program name. The code has been modified to fix this issue, and netstat now shows the correct program name in this column.
BZ#732984
The netstat utility truncated IPv6 UDP sockets when the "--notrim" (or "-T") option was specified. This update fixes the issue, and whole IPv6 addresses are now displayed for UDP sockets when using netstat with this option.
BZ#680837
The route(8) manual page now includes an explicit description of the "mss M" option.
BZ#694766
The SYNOPSIS section of the plipconfig(8) manual page and the usage output of the plipconfig command have been modified to show correct plipconfig options.
All users of net-tools are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.