RHEA-2016:0240 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated acpid packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The acpid packages contain a daemon that dispatches Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) events to user-space programs.

This update adds the following enhancement:

• This update introduces the /etc/sysconfig/acpid configuration file, in which the "--logevents" option can be specified for the acpid service. With this option enabled, the syslog daemon logs all events and actions performed by acpid. (BZ#1015033)

Users of acpid are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1015033 - acpid doesn't have its own entry in the /etc/sysconfig directory

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#normal