Hi
On Thu 06-Apr-2006 at 03:40:11PM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 21:18 +0100, Chris Croome wrote:
> >
> > I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears
> > to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via
> > ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
> >
> > # w
> > 20:46:32 up 301 days, 3:21, 0 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04
> > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
> >
> > "rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed
> > with.
> >
> > I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what
> > could be done to get w working again?
>
> We are tracking this issue as a bug.
>
> Basically ... it seems that for w to continue to work, you have to have
> the latest version of opsnssh, audit and audit-libs installed. With
> those installed and a CentOS kernel, everything seems fine (Even older
> CentOS kernels and those from CentOS Plus).
>
> Other external kernels (some fedora ... some kernel.org) seems to break
> w.
>
> Here is the bug:
>
> http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1245
>
> We won't be patching code to fix this unless it is fixed from upstream.
> (This is one of the reasons I don't recommend building your own
> kernels ... but that thread is probably better left dead :)
Ah, OK, I guess I should add to that bug report...
I'm running a CentOS kernel and have the latest opsnssh, audit and
audit-libs as far as I'm aware.
# rpm -qi openssh
Name : openssh Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 3.9p1 Vendor: CentOS
Release : 8.RHEL4.12 Build Date: Wed 08 Mar 2006 14:13:09 GMT
Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 21:01:09 GMT Build Host: build-i386
# rpm -qi audit
Name : audit Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.0.12 Vendor: CentOS
Release : 1.EL4 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 19:22:39 GMT
Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 20:58:27 GMT Build Host: build-i386
# rpm -qi audit-libs
Name : audit-libs Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 1.0.12 Vendor: CentOS
Release : 1.EL4 Build Date: Sun 01 Jan 2006 19:22:39 GMT
Install Date: Fri 10 Mar 2006 20:58:23 GMT Build Host: build-i386
#rpm -qi kernel
Name : kernel Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 2.6.9 Vendor: CentOS
Release : 5.0.5.EL Build Date: Wed 20 Apr 2005 01:16:34 BST
Install Date: Wed 25 May 2005 19:23:52 BST Build Host: guru.build.karan.org
# uname -srvpi
Linux 2.6.9-5.0.5.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Apr 20 00:16:40 BST 2005 i686 i386
Chris
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