Beware dummy-centos-4-1.0-3.swsoft

Posted by sam Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:11:00 GMT

If you see the following error message whilst attempting to update your Centos 4 system:

Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:   file /sbin/nash from install of mkinitrd-4.2.1.13-4 conflicts with file from package dummy-centos-4-1.0-3.swsoft

then you are most likely running some version of lxlab’s HyperVM console. This is concerning for a number of reasons, security concerns not being the least of them. Your first port of call should be to check with your hosting provider that HyperVM has been disabled if not across the board, then at least for your VM.

The package itself is a dependency satisfier for HyperVM:

Summary: Dummy package to satisfy dependencies for VPS

Description:
Dummy package to satisfy dependencies inside a VPS.