Bug 143209 - cron-4.1-20 fails to commit changes when /tmp is symlinked
Summary: cron-4.1-20 fails to commit changes when /tmp is symlinked
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE LINUX 10.0
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Basesystem (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 SuSE Pro 9.3
: P5 - None : Normal
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Assignee: Mads Martin Joergensen
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Reported: 2006-01-13 20:58 UTC by Jeff Green
Modified: 2007-03-05 23:15 UTC (History)
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Description Jeff Green 2006-01-13 20:58:53 UTC 
(uhh, where are we supposed to report bugs for 9.3 ???? ? ??)

cron-4.1-20 (for 9.3) has a temp file bug which can be triggered by
setting /tmp as a symlink to another partition:

/tmp -> /u/tmp

Once you do this crontab -e fails to detect and commit changes. There's a
redhat bug report and update available:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=129170
Comment 1 Christian Boltz 2006-01-15 22:30:24 UTC 
reproducable on SUSE Linux 10.0 final (/tmp symlinked to /home/tmp)
Comment 2 Mads Martin Joergensen 2006-01-16 11:55:51 UTC 
Fixed in STABLE
Comment 3 Christian Boltz 2007-03-05 23:15:15 UTC 
even if I'm late: VERIFIED in 10.2 final