Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2005:167 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2005-06-09
Updated:
2005-06-09

RHBA-2005:167 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

psacct bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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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:

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

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

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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