Description of problem: The logrotate script of psacct runs "accton" always, independently of accounting being enabled or not. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): psacct-6.3.2-41.1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Turn accounting on by running "service psacct start" 2. Leave accounting on until there is some data on /var/account/pacct 3. Turn accounting off by running "service psacct stop" 4. Verify that /var/account/pacct stopped growing 5. Wait for logrotate to run (you should wait two days for this to occur naturally); alternatively you can force this by running "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.conf" 6. Check that accounting is on again, see that /var/account/pacct is growing again Actual results: Accounting will be restarted any time that the logs rotate and there is any content, independent of the service being started or not. Expected results: The postrotate script should run only when the service is started. Additional info: This problem could be fixed by changing the postrotate line of /etc/logrotate.d/psacct Instead of this: /usr/sbin/accton /var/account/pacct It should be this: test -f /var/lock/subsys/psacct && /usr/sbin/accton /var/account/pacct
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0626.html