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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2023-08604c4261
2023-08-03 01:52:47.873776
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Name : ser2net
Product : Fedora EPEL 9
Version : 4.3.13
Release : 5.el9
URL :
https://github.com/cminyard/ser2net
Summary : Proxy that allows TCP/UDP to serial port connections
Description :
ser2net provides a way for a user to connect from a network connection to a
serial port. It provides all the serial port setup, a configuration file to
configure the ports, a control login for modifying port parameters,
monitoring ports, and controlling ports.
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Update Information:
Fixes ser2net not starting due to missing sysuser `ser2net` which is defined in
the new upstream systemd unit file. In the course of fixing that by adding the
sysuser I also had to fix UUCP locking. Otherwise ser2net (now no longer running
as root) was unable to create UUCP lockfiles when a user connected to a network
proxied serial port. The fix entails: - requiring lockdev in libgensio (as
this is where the locking happens) - setting the UUCP lock path in libgensio to
/run/lock/lockdev - creating a sysuser for ser2net - adding that user to the
`dialout` group to allow access to serial devices - adding that user to the
`lock` group to allow access to the lock directory
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Jul 25 2023 Felix Kaechele <felix(a)kaechele.ca> - 4.3.13-5
- Add sysuser for ser2net
* Sat Jul 22 2023 Fedora Release Engineering <releng(a)fedoraproject.org> - 4.3.13-4
- Rebuilt for
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update ser2net' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "YUM", available at
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7\
/html/System_Administrators_Guide/ch-yum.html
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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