- Issued:
- 2011-01-13
- Updated:
- 2011-01-13
RHBA-2010:0619 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
tmpwatch bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated tmpwatch package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
The tmpwatch utility recursively searches through specified
directories and removes files which have not been accessed in a
specified period of time. tmpwatch is usually used to clean up
directories containing temporary files (for example, /tmp).
This updated package fixes the following bugs:
- tmpwatch automatically deletes temporary directories, which previously broke
some Java management functionality. With this update, this issue has been
resolved and the newly added option --exclude-pattern is now used to preserve
these directories. (BZ#527425)
- previously, tmpwatch called fuser (1) incorrectly, which lead to unexpected
error messages when encountering a file name starting with '-' character. This
issue has now been resolved and tmpwatch now calls fuser (1) correctly even for
file names starting with the '-' character. (BZ#548932)
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated tmpwatch package, which resolves
this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 527425 - /tmp/hsperfdata_${user}/${PID} is deleted by tmpwatch
- BZ - 548932 - tmpwatch -s doesnt terminate fuser argument list
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7f849ed1f60ffa1bd642f393af0091b7f8dfa04754f0d1b91f77582d6f3d7851 |
x86_64 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6e7fcd4749caa6343f4a8b57c2a00c7fdafc1ff94f342c4ab80a381cb9edbed3 |
ia64 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: a9309e8d4b6085b8369a49d70dfd56118b92afc9d074942a4db376f2412d055d |
i386 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 10b0b92d4066ca1693ee3341d40c10f09305c1f0e889c1675eee711ad8fd19ec |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7f849ed1f60ffa1bd642f393af0091b7f8dfa04754f0d1b91f77582d6f3d7851 |
x86_64 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6e7fcd4749caa6343f4a8b57c2a00c7fdafc1ff94f342c4ab80a381cb9edbed3 |
i386 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 10b0b92d4066ca1693ee3341d40c10f09305c1f0e889c1675eee711ad8fd19ec |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7f849ed1f60ffa1bd642f393af0091b7f8dfa04754f0d1b91f77582d6f3d7851 |
x86_64 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6e7fcd4749caa6343f4a8b57c2a00c7fdafc1ff94f342c4ab80a381cb9edbed3 |
i386 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 10b0b92d4066ca1693ee3341d40c10f09305c1f0e889c1675eee711ad8fd19ec |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7f849ed1f60ffa1bd642f393af0091b7f8dfa04754f0d1b91f77582d6f3d7851 |
s390x | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: a7cbb6579b8655f3167bc91a66807630561ef73791dd2379e8ac0d8dcfb55d3b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7f849ed1f60ffa1bd642f393af0091b7f8dfa04754f0d1b91f77582d6f3d7851 |
ppc | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b6383190438e1517c9b55869feb7470aa21f456617c4143a021f42e31960e149 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 7f849ed1f60ffa1bd642f393af0091b7f8dfa04754f0d1b91f77582d6f3d7851 |
x86_64 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 6e7fcd4749caa6343f4a8b57c2a00c7fdafc1ff94f342c4ab80a381cb9edbed3 |
i386 | |
tmpwatch-2.9.7-1.1.el5.5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 10b0b92d4066ca1693ee3341d40c10f09305c1f0e889c1675eee711ad8fd19ec |
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