Issued:

2011-06-15

Updated:

2011-12-06

RHBA-2011:0872 - crontabs bug fix update

Synopsis

crontabs bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated crontabs package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The crontabs package contains root crontab files and directories. You will need to install the cron daemon to run the jobs from crontabs. The cron daemon such as cronie or fcron checks the crontab files to see when particular commands are scheduled to be executed. If commands are scheduled, it executes them. Crontabs handles a basic system function, so it should be installed on your system.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Prior to this update, an example included in the /etc/crontab file contained an omission. It did not state that defining a job in crontab requires a username to be defined. The missing information has been added to the /etc/crontab file in this update. (BZ#609544)

All users of crontabs are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• crontabs-1.10-33.el6.src.rpm
• crontabs-1.10-33.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 609544

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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