RHEA-2005:244 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated at(1) package that supports access control via PAM is now available.

Description

The at(1) package allows scheduling a command to run at a particular time,
reading the command from standard input or from a specified file. The at
command uses /bin/sh.

You should install the at package if you need a utility for time-oriented
job control. Note: If a recurring job is needed to be repeated at the same
time every day or week, you should use crontab instead.

The at package provides an at daemon, atd, which now supports access
control via PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules), such as pam_limits
(limits.conf) and pam_access (access.conf).

All users of at(1) 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

• BZ - 159220 - at daemon updates for new audit system
• BZ - 163896 - at: Should support -r besides -d

CVEs

(none)

References

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