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An updated "at" package that adds and documents a configuration enhancement and corrects the -
debuginfo build is now available.
"At" and "Batch" read commands from standard input or from a specified file. At allows you to specify
that a command will be run at a particular time. Batch will execute commands when the system load
levels drop to a particular level. Both commands use /bin/sh.
This update addresses the following issue:
* although "at" contains ELF objects, the at-debuginfo package was empty. With this update the -
debuginfo package contains valid debugging information as expected. (
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This update also adds the following enhancements:
* previously, the atd daemon ran with hard-coded options and could only be configured at the
command-line. The atd daemon now reads a configuration file, /etc/sysconfig/atd, when it starts up,
enabling easier configuration, particularly for load options and multiprocessor systems. (
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* The DESCRIPTION section of the "at" man page has been updated to note the existence, location
and purpose of the /etc/sysconfig/atd configuration file. Note: as the man page suggests, the sample
configuration file included with this update is the primary source of information about atd configuration
options. (
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Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug and adds these
enhancements.
1.7. audit
1.7.1. RHBA-2010:0228: bug fix update
An updated audit package that fixes various bugs and provides an enhancement is now available.
The audit package contains the user space utilities for storing and searching the audit records
generate by the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.
This update includes the following fixes:
* The man page was ambiguous in explaining the structure of dates and the supplied examples
often did not work because of different date formats in various locales. This caused some confusion
amongst users. The page has been rewritten to clarify that the date format accepted by aureport and
ausearch is influenced by the LC_TIME environmental variable, eliminating the confusion about this
issue. (
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* The audit package's libauparse function had a bug that meant it could not interpret IPC (inter-process
communication) mode fields. When it attempted to do so, a segmentation fault would occur. The
audit package has now been patched so that IPC mode fields are interpreted by the software without
crashes resulting. (
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This update also includes the following enhancement:
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=500542
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=232259
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=537792
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=513974
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=519790