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+title:  YaST Development Update - Bug Fixes and Improvements
+date:   2024-11-08 7:00:00 +0000
+description: Time for another regular status update from the YaST team with news about YaST itself.
+tags:
+- Distribution
+- Factory
+- Programming
+- Systems Management
+- YaST
+
+---
+
+It's time for another update on the ongoing development of YaST, your favorite system administration tool! Our team has been hard at work squashing bugs, improving features, and ensuring a smooth and efficient user experience. Here's a rundown of some of the recent changes:
+
+**Enhanced Security and User Management**
+
+  * **Addressing outdated configuration parameters:** We've removed outdated parameters from the YaST security module to prevent conflicts with `useradd`, `usermod`, and `userdel` commands on newer systems (Factory, Tumbleweed, Slowroll). This ensures compatibility and prevents unexpected errors when managing users ([yast-security](https://github.com/yast/yast-security/pull/160)).
+  * **Robust blacklist parsing:** Improved the parsing of blacklisted modules in YaST to handle spaces around commas correctly, preventing issues when multiple modules are blacklisted ([pull request](https://github.com/yast/yast-installation/pull/1127)).
+
+**Improved Installation and Configuration**
+
+  * **iSCSI client enhancements:**  The iSCSI client now correctly handles auto-login and service activation during installation, ensuring a smoother setup process for iSCSI-based systems ([pull request](https://github.com/yast/yast-iscsi-client/pull/132)).
+  * **YaST integration with Plasma 6:** Updated the YaST `.desktop` file location to ensure proper integration with KDE System Settings in Plasma 6, making it easily accessible to users ([pull request](https://github.com/yast/yast-control-center/pull/60)).
+
+**Website and Documentation Updates**
+
+  * **Fixing anchor link scrolling:** Addressed an issue where headings were hidden behind the floating title bar when using anchor links on the YaST blog. This improvement enhances navigation and readability ([pull request](https://github.com/yast/yast.github.io/pull/372)). You can see the improvement in action by comparing the following screenshots:
+    * Before: <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/702b0bfd-e567-4ee9-a176-b8ad20baee70" alt="yast_blog_broken">
+    * After: <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2e277f9a-d7fa-494e-b448-4f6fe73c5bd3" alt="yast_blog_fixed">.
+  * **Improved WSL testing documentation:** We've updated our documentation for testing YaST in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). This includes information on installing WSL, testing firstboot, creating a testing APPX, and more. You can find the updated documentation here: [https://github.com/yast/yast-firstboot/blob/master/doc/testing_wsl.md](https://github.com/yast/yast-firstboot/blob/master/doc/testing_wsl.md)
+
+**Agama News**
+
+*  **Agama has its own blog!**  Keep up with the latest news and developments from the Agama project by visiting their new blog at [https://agama-project.github.io/blog](https://agama-project.github.io/blog).
+
+**Behind the Scenes**
+
+  * **Moving sources for automatic package submission:** We've moved the sources of container definition for automatic package submission from OBS to GitHub to simplify maintenance and synchronization ([pull request](https://github.com/yast/ci-yast-rake-container/pull/1)).
+
+**Thank You to Our Contributors!**
+
+A big thank you to all the contributors who reported issues, submitted patches, and helped us make YaST even better. Your feedback and support are invaluable!
+
+Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance YaST and provide you with the best possible system administration experience.