Package: acct Version: 6.3.99+6.4pre1-4 Severity: important
In the latest package, values in /etc/defaults/acct were added that aren't respected by all utilities in the acct package. The new default for the ACCT_LOGFILE is /var/log/account/pacct instead of /var/account/pacct. There are two problems with this. 1. Since /var/log/account/pacct didn't exist, an error was reported the first time, and though the /var/log/account directory was created, /var/log/account/pacct was not, so no processes were logged. `touch /var/log/account/pacct` fixes this problem. 2. Though the accounting file is now written to in /var/log/account/pacct, lastcomm (and presumably sa, etc.) don't respect that value, but use their old default, /var/account/pacct, and thus those utilities no longer work, unless the file is specified on the command line. Changing the /etc/defaults/acct ACCT_LOGFILE back to the old default works, but the real fix is to have all utilities respect that value, or remove the option. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.7 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages acct depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries acct recommends no packages. -- debconf information: acct/kernel_mismatch: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
