Bug Fix Advisory Updated psacct package

Advisory: RHBA-2004:496-06
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2004-12-13
Last updated on: 2004-12-13
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated psacct package that improves lascomm reporting is now available.

The psacct package contains several utilities for monitoring process
activities, including ac, lastcomm, accton, and sa. The ac command
displays statistics about how long users have been logged on. The
lastcomm command displays information about previous executed
commands. The accton command turns process accounting on or off. The
sa command summarizes information about previously executed
commmands.

A previous version of the psacct package contained a version of the
lastcomm command that did not display user login terminals correctly. This
updated package corrects this problem.

All users of psacct should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.src.rpm     cf571a712cfc67caeea1b674376662ab
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.i386.rpm     5e5f69cc4c8d0a74dd46f681166b8036
 
IA-64:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.ia64.rpm     4cab528d7e473e7751b1d641510ce041
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.src.rpm     cf571a712cfc67caeea1b674376662ab
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.i386.rpm     5e5f69cc4c8d0a74dd46f681166b8036
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.src.rpm     cf571a712cfc67caeea1b674376662ab
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.i386.rpm     5e5f69cc4c8d0a74dd46f681166b8036
 
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.src.rpm     cf571a712cfc67caeea1b674376662ab
 
IA-64:
psacct-6.3.2-12.21as.ia64.rpm     4cab528d7e473e7751b1d641510ce041
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

130077 - RHEL2.1 U6: process accounting doesn't show tty



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