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Fedora Core 4 2005-551 Moderate: Vixie-Cron System User Update

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Calendar Grey July 12, 2005
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Fedora Core 4 vixie-cron update addresses security concerns and enhances user functionality; download available.
Updated package released.

Summary

The vixie-cron package contains the Vixie version of cron. Cron is a

standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times.

Vixie cron adds better security and more powerful configuration

options to the standard version of cron.

- fix bug 162887: allow multiple /etc/cron.d crontabs for *system* user

- further fix for bug 154920 / CAN-2005-1038 ( crontab -e ):

invoke editor and copy operation as non-root user

- fix bug 162887: allow multiple /etc/cron.d crontabs for *system* user

- further fix for bug 154920 / CAN-2005-1038 ( crontab -e ):

invoke editor and copy operation as non-root user

* Fri Jun 17 2005 Jason Vas Dias - 4.1-FC4.34

- fix bug 160811: FC3 version compared >= FC4 version

- fix bug 159216: add pam_loginuid support for new audit system

ad172e334ca71e6652e9d202dbc3593a SRPMS/vixie-cron-4.1-36.FC4.src.rpm

cf81e9e4304d0d0e2b1c17067c9e5ac2 ppc/vixie-cron-4.1-36.FC4.ppc.rpm

89f88c5d0446ea1f175a22c538591f2e ppc/debug/vixie-cron-debuginfo-4.1-36.FC4.ppc.rpm

12bb9d2d160704155aba8b6df075083e x86_64/vixie-cron-4.1-36.FC4.x86_64.rpm

2524c47f6696b16558748b26a1ba25f5 x86_64/debug/vixie-cron-debuginfo-4.1-36.FC4.x86_64.rpm

c6198a1727d17635adbed340e57ea6a4 i386/vixie-cron-4.1-36.FC4.i386.rpm

4e1fe756aa865c2ae06f945fc7874095 i386/debug/vixie-cron-debuginfo-4.1-36.FC4.i386.rpm

This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can

launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command.

fedora-announce-list@redhat.com

Change Log

References

Update Instructions

Name: vixie-cron
Version: 4.1
Release: 36.FC4
Summary: The Vixie cron daemon for executing specified programs at set times.

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