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Chapter 1. Package Updates
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ability to share wifi connections without security in place, or their ability to share wifi connections
at all. These measures make it less likely that a user could inadvertently compromise a sensitive
system. (
BZ#496247
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• accessing the context (right-click) menu of the NetworkManager GNOME applet could trigger the
GNOME Keyring Unlock dialog to appear, after which no X11 applications could receive keyboard
or mouse events. Now, NetworkManager closes the context menu before requesting keyring items,
and therefore avoids this situation. (
BZ#476020
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• NetworkManager did not export VPN configurations. When a user selected this function,
NetworkManager would present an error message: "VPN setting invalid", even for a connection with
valid settings. Network manager now exports VPN connections correctly. (
BZ#485345
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• due to faulty logic in the code, nm-applet would choose the lowest signal strength of all APs of the
same SSID in the area and display this strength in the menu to represent the signal strength for
that SSID. NetworkManager now correctly calculates wireless signal strength when multiple access
points with the same SSID are present. (
BZ#485477
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• when NetworkManager fails to connect to a wifi network, it re-prompts the user for the passphrase
for that network. Previously, NetworkManager did not retain the original text of the passphrase
entered by the user. Therefore, when users selected the "Show password" option so that they
could see what they had typed after a failed connection attempt, NetworkManager displayed the
passphrase in hexadecimal form. NetworkManager now retains the original text of the passphrase
and displays the original passphrase instead of a hexadecimal string when the user selects the
"Show password" option. (
BZ#466509
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• NetworkManager has its own internal method of starting loopback devices, and does not use the
configuration settings stored in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo. Previously, NetworkManager
would produce an error, alerting users that the configuration settings were ignored. This error
message could mislead users to think that a problem had occurred. Now, NetworkManager does not
present this error message to the user, and avoids the potential confusion. (
BZ#484060
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• the NetworkManager package requires wpa_supplicant, but previously omitted the Epoch term
for the wpa_supplicant package. Consequently, installing NetworkManager did not ensure that a
suitable version of wpa_supplicant was installed on the system. Now, the NetworkManager package
specifies the epoch for the version of wpa_supplicant that it requires. (
BZ#468688
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• NetworkManager displayed configuration options for VPN even when no VPN software was installed
on the system. This could mislead users to think that they could make VPN connections in situations
when it was not possible to make these connections. Now, the VPN submenu is hidden if no VPN
services are installed on the system, avoiding the potential confusion. (
BZ#464604
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Users are advised to upgrade to these updated NetworkManager packages, which provide these fixes.
1.2. OpenIPMI
1.2.1. RHEA-2009:1312: bug fix and enhancement update
Updated OpenIPMI packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available.
OpenIPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) provides graphical and command line tools and
utilities to access platform information, thus facilitating system management and monitoring for system
administrators.