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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-17672
2013-09-26 04:51:04
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Name : cronie
Product : Fedora 20
Version : 1.4.11
Release : 4.fc20
URL :
https://fedorahosted.org/cronie
Summary : Cron daemon for executing programs at set times
Description :
Cronie contains the standard UNIX daemon crond that runs specified programs at
scheduled times and related tools. It is a fork of the original vixie-cron and
has security and configuration enhancements like the ability to use pam and
SELinux.
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Update Information:
Cron jobs sometimes don't run e.g. when environment is using XDG_RUNTIME_DIR.
Cron daemon unit file should use KillMode=process to kill dependent processes.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #919290 - should cronie's systemd script use
"KillMode=process"?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919290
[ 2 ] Bug #995590 - Cron job runs, but doesn't do anything
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=995590
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update cronie' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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