Bug 1006869 – init script: service restart under the nonroot changed behaviour, it returns 1 instead of 4

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Bug 1006869 - init script: service restart under the nonroot changed behaviour, it returns 1 instead of 4

Summary:	init script: service restart under the nonroot changed behaviour, it returns ...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	cronie (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.5
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	unspecified Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Marcela Mašláňová
QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
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Keywords:	Regression

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Reported:	2013-09-11 08:26 EDT by Petr Sklenar
Modified:	2016-03-01 09:40 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Change of permission on confugration file /etc/sysconfig/crond showed a bug in initscript. Consequence: The error message for non priviledged user was different. Fix: Initscript has to check whether configuration file is readable by non root users. Result: Error message looks like before.
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Last Closed:	2013-11-21 17:25:13 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2013:1681	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	cronie bug fix and enhancement update	2013-11-20 16:52:35 EST

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Description Petr Sklenar 2013-09-11 08:26:49 EDT

Description of problem:
service restart under the non root changed behaviour, it return 1 instead of 4

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cronie-1.4.4-11.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
rhel64
.qa.[root@x86-64-6s-m1 ~]# su - superman
[superman@x86-64-6s-m1 ~]$ service crond restart
User has insufficient privilege.
[superman@x86-64-6s-m1 ~]$ echo $?
4

rhel65 with cronie-1.4.4-11.el6.x86_64:
[superman@x86-64-6s-m1 ~]$ service crond restart
/etc/init.d/crond: line 37: /etc/sysconfig/crond: Permission denied
[superman@x86-64-6s-m1 ~]$ echo $?
1


Actual results:
error code = 1

Expected results:
error code = 4 

Additional info:

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2013-11-21 17:25:13 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-1681.html

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