Recommended update for yast2-users

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:3121-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that has six fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for yast2-users fixes the following issues:

  • Relax check in GECOS field, allow any data except colons (bsc#1228149).
  • Backport changes to avoid namespace collisions.
  • Branch package for SP6 (bsc#1208913).
  • YaST can no longer modify NIS users and groups (bnc#1206627).
  • YaST2: Adding several users via yast fails sometimes (bnc#1209377).
  • Importing user during installation can lead to password malformation (bnc#1211583).
  • YaST2 ayast_setup setup broken on SLES15-SP4 (bnc#1211753).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-3121=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2024-3121=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2024-3121=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • yast2-users-debuginfo-4.6.6-150600.3.3.5
    • yast2-users-4.6.6-150600.3.3.5
    • yast2-users-debugsource-4.6.6-150600.3.3.5
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • yast2-users-debuginfo-4.6.6-150600.3.3.5
    • yast2-users-4.6.6-150600.3.3.5
    • yast2-users-debugsource-4.6.6-150600.3.3.5

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