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and subject line Bug#502650: fixed in cron 3.0pl1-106
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Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-104
Tags: patch
This report has been filed here:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/235464
"
According to man 5 crontab there is no way to use multiple recipients in
MAILTO variable.
According to man 5 crontab under FreeBSD (
http://fuse4bsd.creo.hu/localcgi/man-cgi.cgi?crontab+5 ):
"MAILTO may also be used to direct mail to multiple recipients by
seperating recipient users with a comma."
And it works under Ubuntu also!
Add this line to the man page of 5 crontab please.
"
A patch is provided for Ubuntu.
diff -u cron-3.0pl1/crontab.5 cron-3.0pl1/crontab.5
--- cron-3.0pl1/crontab.5
+++ cron-3.0pl1/crontab.5
@@ -78,8 +78,10 @@
.IR cron (8)
will look at MAILTO if it has any reason to send mail as a result of running
commands in ``this'' crontab. If MAILTO is defined (and non-empty), mail is
-sent to the user so named. If MAILTO is defined but empty (MAILTO=""), no
-mail will be sent. Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the crontab.
+sent to the user so named. MAILTO may also be used to direct mail to multiple
+recipients by seperating recipient users with a comma. If MAILTO is defined
+but empty (MAILTO=""), no mail will be sent. Otherwise mail is sent to the
+owner of the crontab.
.PP
On the Debian GNU/Linux system, cron supports the
.B pam_env
diff -u cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog
--- cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog
+++ cron-3.0pl1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+cron (3.0pl1-104+ubuntu5) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+ * crontab.5 : Add details about multiple recipients in MAILTO (LP: #235464)
+
+ -- Jean-Baptiste Lallement <[email protected]> Wed, 30 Jul
2008 23:41:42 +0200
+
cron (3.0pl1-104+ubuntu4) intrepid; urgency=low
* debian/control: Depend on lsb-base >= 3.2-12ubuntu3.
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: cron
Source-Version: 3.0pl1-106
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
cron, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
cron_3.0pl1-106.diff.gz
to pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-106.diff.gz
cron_3.0pl1-106.dsc
to pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-106.dsc
cron_3.0pl1-106_i386.deb
to pool/main/c/cron/cron_3.0pl1-106_i386.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[email protected]> (supplier of updated cron
package)
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Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 01:05:41 +0200
Source: cron
Binary: cron
Architecture: source i386
Version: 3.0pl1-106
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <[email protected]>
Description:
cron - process scheduling daemon
Closes: 405474 413962 452460 468262 485452 497699 500610 502650 511684 514062
514721 528434
Changes:
cron (3.0pl1-106) unstable; urgency=high
.
* SECURITY UPDATE: cron does not check the return code of setgid() and
initgroups(), which under certain circumstances could cause
applications to run with elevated group privileges. Note that the more
serious issue of not checking the return code of setuid() was fixed already
in 3.0pl1-64. (Closes: #528434)
- do_command.c: check return code of setgid() and initgroups()
- This fixes (hopefully completely) CVE-2006-2607
* crontab.c:
- close the temporary file after it is edited and
before calling cleanup_tmp_crontab() to behave properly on NFS
mounted / (Closes: #413962)
- if crontab is run without argument then it will read stdin to replace
the users crontab. This way it is POSIXLY_CORRECT. More information at
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/crontab.html
(Closes: #514062)
* crontab.5 :
- Add details about multiple recipients in MAILTO (LP: #235464)
(Closes: #502650)
- Indicate that it also reads environment from /etc/environment
- Substitute ATT for AT&T (Closes: #405474)
* Proper fix for PAM configuration to make cron read the system
environment (Closes: #511684)
* debian/cron.init:
- Add support for 'status' in the init.d (Closes: #514721)
- Use 'cron' instead of 'crond' (Closes: #497699)
* Change lockfile-progs from Suggests: to Recommends: and remove wording
related to dselect, which is no longer relevant (Closes: #452460, #468262)
* Change the (outdated) wording of the description based on an example
provided by Justin B Rye (Closes: 485452)
* Change the postinst so that update-rc.d is only run if /etc/init.d/cron is
executable (Closes: #500610)
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