[gentoo-dev] atd not running for me.

[gentoo-dev] atd not running for me.

[tadpol]

Just trying to figure out if this is my fault, or issues with gentoo.

atd won't run, and I get permission errors from at.  I had to add a user
and group named at for it to get this far.

So, does atd and at work for others?  Or is it just my boxes?

thanks,
-- 
Michael Tilstra                       tadpol@tadpol.org
If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee --
that will do them in.

Re: [gentoo-dev] atd not running for me.

[tadpol]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 11:22:47AM -0500, mike tilstra wrote:
> Just trying to figure out if this is my fault, or issues with gentoo.
> 
> atd won't run, and I get permission errors from at.  I had to add a user
> and group named at for it to get this far.
> 
> So, does atd and at work for others?  Or is it just my boxes?

ok, with the help of kabau from #gentoo, we got this figured out.
First you need to set the suid bit on at:  chmod +s /usr/bin/at
Then touch the lock file: touch /var/cron/atjobs/.SEQ
(both as root).


I'll be making a at-3.1.8-r3.ebuild here, and checking it in real quick
like.

-- 
Michael Tilstra                       tadpol@tadpol.org
Software is like sex; it's better when it's free. - Linus Torvalds

Re: [gentoo-dev] atd not running for me.

[Daniel Robbins]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 11:22:47AM -0500, tadpol@tadpol.org wrote:
> Just trying to figure out if this is my fault, or issues with gentoo.
> 
> atd won't run, and I get permission errors from at.  I had to add a user
> and group named at for it to get this far.
> 
> So, does atd and at work for others?  Or is it just my boxes?

Let me know if we need to make any mods to the default /etc/passwd or
group files.

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.