- Issued:
- 2008-05-21
- Updated:
- 2008-05-21
RHBA-2008:0303 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
logwatch bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated logwatch package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
LogWatch is a customizable log analysis system. LogWatch parses through
your system's logs for a given period of time and creates a report
analyzing areas that you specify, in as much detail as you require.
This package addresses the following bugs:
- logwatch parsed messages from the postfix module incorrectly. These
updated packages include a new log file format definition which corrects
this.
- the man page documented a non-existent "--usage" option. Using "--usage"
returned an "Unknown option: option" error, plus the output of "--help".
"--usage" still returns the error above, however, the erroneous
documentation has been removed from the man page.
- setting logwatch output to html, whether via the "--option html" switch
or by adding "Output = HTML" to /etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf, failed
with a "No such file or directory" error. The missing directory --
/etc/logwatch/conf/html/ -- and the default files within this directory
have been restored with this update, allowing logwatch to output to html.
As well, this updated package adds the following enhancement:
- a "--no-oldfiles-log" option, which suppresses the logwatch log. The
logwatch log provides information about files written to the logwatch
tmpdir that have not been deleted.
Users of LogWatch should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves
these issues and adds this enhancement.
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 do so, run the following command (as root):
pup
Alternatively, for a command-line interface, run the following command:
yum update
To register your system to RHN, use the following command:
rhn_register
For information on how to manually install or remove packages, refer to the
following link:
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 - 230974 - false order in /etc/cron.daily
- BZ - 249792 - the option '--usage' does not exist, should be deleted from the manpage
- BZ - 296001 - Logwatch is unable to handle e.g. postfix 2.3 mail logs
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d193b64c55bcab209babda334f35bc866c48a584708a742d05d3d13cd4e1863c |
x86_64 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
ia64 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
i386 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d193b64c55bcab209babda334f35bc866c48a584708a742d05d3d13cd4e1863c |
x86_64 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
i386 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d193b64c55bcab209babda334f35bc866c48a584708a742d05d3d13cd4e1863c |
x86_64 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
i386 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d193b64c55bcab209babda334f35bc866c48a584708a742d05d3d13cd4e1863c |
s390x | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d193b64c55bcab209babda334f35bc866c48a584708a742d05d3d13cd4e1863c |
ppc | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d193b64c55bcab209babda334f35bc866c48a584708a742d05d3d13cd4e1863c |
x86_64 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
i386 | |
logwatch-7.3-6.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: b44ca4f9884d065a986b6135d63dc8271a482afec8ba020572ae2621afb52b78 |
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