- Issued:
- 2004-12-20
- Updated:
- 2004-12-20
RHBA-2004:497 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
Updated psacct package
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Topic
An updated psacct package that fixes various bugs 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 the
lastcomm command that did not display user login terminals correctly. This
updated package corrects this problem.
This version also corrects a couple of problems in the ac and sa
commands on the Itanium platform, where certain dates and times were
reported incorrectly.
All users of psacct should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues.
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 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 89959 - "sa" shows wrong cpu time for killed processes
- BZ - 130078 - RHEL3 U4: process accounting doesn't show tty
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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