[TriLUG] atd not starting

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Tue Mar 26 19:14:43 EST 2002


If I were you, I would run the /etc/rc.d/init.d/atd script one line at a time 
and see if you can isolate exactly where the problem is.

What distro are you running (redhat 7.2)?

 --- Original Message: Tuesday 26 March 2002 11:55 am ---
> I have one server on which atd fails to start (rh 7.2)
>
> /var/log/cron reports
> Mar 26 11:23:07 lucy atd[1635]: Error redirecting I/O: Permission denied
>
> /var/log/messages reports
> Mar 26 11:23:07 lucy atd: atd startup failed
>
> This sure seems like a rights problem but I'm not sure what permissions
> are messed up.  This works on schroeder but not on the clones :-(
>
> The settings appear to me to be correct but clearly I am missing
> something.  From the manpage:
>
> FILES
>        /var/spool/at The directory for storing jobs; this  should
>        be mode 700, owner daemon.
>
>        /var/spool/at/spool The direcotry for storing output; this
>        should be mode 700, owner daemon.
>
>        /etc/at.allow, /etc/at.deny determine who can use  the  at
>        system.



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