Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 529632
[PATCH] "service crond status" return invalid status
Last modified: 2012-02-20 22:13:28 EST
Created attachment 365217 [details] Patch to fix this problem Description of problem: When parent crond is stopped and child crond (executing program) is running, "service crond status" reports "crond (pid XXX) is running...". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vixie-cron-4.1-76.el5 How reproducible: When parent crond is stopped and child crond (executing program) is running. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Configure crontab crontab -e: */2 * * * * /bin/bash /tmp/test.sh /tmp/test.sh: #!/bin/bash sleep 120 & 2. Stop crond when "bash <defunct>" exist # ps -e --forest ... 10812 ? 00:00:00 crond 10821 ? 00:00:00 \_ crond 10822 ? 00:00:00 \_ bash <defunct> 10823 ? 00:00:00 sleep # service crond stop Stopping crond: [ OK ] 3. Check status when "bash <defunct>" exist # ps -e --forest ... 10821 ? 00:00:00 crond 10822 ? 00:00:00 \_ bash <defunct> 10823 ? 00:00:00 sleep # service crond status crond (pid 10821) is running... Actual results: # service crond status crond (pid 10821) is running... Expected results: # service crond status crond is stopped Additional info: Patch to /etc/init.d/crond attached which fixes this in my testing.
I've added your commit into the upstream repository http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git;a=commitdiff;h=1a732d69938788dde2f1a8bf3ae1b9dc48d10c99 This fix will be available in next major update (RHEL-6). Would you mind if I close it as NEXTRELEASE?
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
This request was erroneously denied for the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The error has been fixed and this request has been re-proposed for the current release.
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/RHSA-2012-0304.html