Chris Croome spake the following on 4/6/2006 1:53 PM: > 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 > uname -srvpi Linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Mar 9 06:23:23 GMT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!