Bug Fix Advisory psacct bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:0409-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2007-06-11
Last updated on: 2007-06-11
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated psacct packages that work with uid's and gid's greater then 2^16.

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 previously executed commands. The accton command
turns process accounting on or off. The sa command summarizes information
about previously executed commands.

These updated packages work with uid's and gid's greater then 2^16.

Users of psacct should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
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 Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.src.rpm     5e6ad4f564221365edca85673760578f
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.i386.rpm     1a51a6ac8109b6e6bddc8a3bc8b84849
 
x86_64:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     f153d42340cbcf6e7a741819b7f926eb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.src.rpm     5e6ad4f564221365edca85673760578f
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.i386.rpm     1a51a6ac8109b6e6bddc8a3bc8b84849
 
IA-64:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.ia64.rpm     a6168579fd1e476fd60326f0ef4d1b7d
 
PPC:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.ppc.rpm     ebe201927389be34ba7764df49efef6b
 
s390:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.s390.rpm     d717a9fa04412e9f15023d760a65f97a
 
s390x:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.s390x.rpm     3031c1c339c8d5156a3755e8a48fdd17
 
x86_64:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     f153d42340cbcf6e7a741819b7f926eb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.src.rpm     5e6ad4f564221365edca85673760578f
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.i386.rpm     1a51a6ac8109b6e6bddc8a3bc8b84849
 
IA-64:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.ia64.rpm     a6168579fd1e476fd60326f0ef4d1b7d
 
x86_64:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     f153d42340cbcf6e7a741819b7f926eb
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.src.rpm     5e6ad4f564221365edca85673760578f
 
IA-32:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.i386.rpm     1a51a6ac8109b6e6bddc8a3bc8b84849
 
IA-64:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.ia64.rpm     a6168579fd1e476fd60326f0ef4d1b7d
 
x86_64:
psacct-6.3.2-36.rhel3.x86_64.rpm     f153d42340cbcf6e7a741819b7f926eb
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

131757 - psacct does not work with large UIDs (> 65534)


Keywords

file, large, psacct, support


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