Recommended update for cron

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for cron
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0592-1
Rating: moderate
References: #900604 #906112 #920430
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

  • An update that has three recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for cron provides the following fixes:

    * Fix loading of PAM environment from pam_env as documented in the
    manual. (bsc#900604, bsc#920430)
    * Fix auto-reloading of /etc/crontab after changes. (bsc#906112)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-cron=10501
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-cron=10501
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-cron=10501

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • cron-4.1-194.211.213.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • cron-4.1-194.211.213.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • cron-4.1-194.211.213.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/900604
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/906112
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/920430
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=fac320c151213810f0f6c6a89fbfd921