1.297. watchdog

1.297.1. RHEA-2011:0684: enhancement update

An updated watchdog package that adds an enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The watchdog package contains a user-space application which can provide updates to a hardware or software watchdog timer via the Linux kernel's watchdog interface.

This update adds the following enhancement:

With this update, watchdog creates a /etc/watchdog.d/ directory on installation. Scripts placed in this directory are indexed by the watchdog daemon on startup and are used to monitor or repair resources on the system. (BZ#657750)

Users of watchdog are advised to upgrade to this updated package which adds this enhancement.