- Issued:
- 2005-06-09
- Updated:
- 2005-06-09
RHBA-2005:167 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
psacct bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated psacct package that fixes a logrotate script bug is now available.
Description
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 logrotate
script that may cause lost data.
A previous version of the psacct package leaved /var/lock/subsys/pacct
around after rpm -e command.
A previous version of the psacct package contained a version of the
lastcomm command that displayed wrong output when you use --strict-match
option.
A previous version of the psacct package contained a version of the sa
command that did not display information about io correctly.
A previous version of the psacct package contained a version of the
lastcomm command which did not display elapsed time correctly.
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:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 43294 - sa never reports any io
- BZ - 132295 - [RHEL3 IPF][PATCH] lastcomm outputs incorrect value
- BZ - 133077 - logrotate script may cause lost data
- BZ - 148856 - logrotate script errors
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7c5e81f66a2c46f87926bd841e1a8b0adae68ecb1c39d1a7148b2e357b76a5ff |
x86_64 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 623852e7686ba5ffc32ae933e38164a5c19f70ac9e29b581ccbb786fcf055915 |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 623852e7686ba5ffc32ae933e38164a5c19f70ac9e29b581ccbb786fcf055915 |
ia64 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9d461e62696466b465b7d09a329b9f7cea9f4229302a4139c8f33a7bf10f13d1 |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9d461e62696466b465b7d09a329b9f7cea9f4229302a4139c8f33a7bf10f13d1 |
i386 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8e45204ff7f9dcb8680bae4a56ad54f84ec82df47837aa58dc8834e1fa4a0b10 |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8e45204ff7f9dcb8680bae4a56ad54f84ec82df47837aa58dc8834e1fa4a0b10 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7c5e81f66a2c46f87926bd841e1a8b0adae68ecb1c39d1a7148b2e357b76a5ff |
x86_64 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 623852e7686ba5ffc32ae933e38164a5c19f70ac9e29b581ccbb786fcf055915 |
ia64 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 9d461e62696466b465b7d09a329b9f7cea9f4229302a4139c8f33a7bf10f13d1 |
i386 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8e45204ff7f9dcb8680bae4a56ad54f84ec82df47837aa58dc8834e1fa4a0b10 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7c5e81f66a2c46f87926bd841e1a8b0adae68ecb1c39d1a7148b2e357b76a5ff |
x86_64 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 623852e7686ba5ffc32ae933e38164a5c19f70ac9e29b581ccbb786fcf055915 |
i386 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 8e45204ff7f9dcb8680bae4a56ad54f84ec82df47837aa58dc8834e1fa4a0b10 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7c5e81f66a2c46f87926bd841e1a8b0adae68ecb1c39d1a7148b2e357b76a5ff |
s390x | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 6d79c7c6979336bd9465a70bb62057cdaa3dcfa2975e69ac6973284f3a5ea924 |
s390 | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.s390.rpm | SHA-256: bac76198f553d43b008864f17aeb376956717d152a048993c9838dac6500d991 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7c5e81f66a2c46f87926bd841e1a8b0adae68ecb1c39d1a7148b2e357b76a5ff |
ppc | |
psacct-6.3.2-35.rhel4.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 6a98d8ac7c845d78871c910cc1e2aafe5d993aaa71f10e0a2d44819b198fbff2 |
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