UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I used to be able to run "at".
Then I started getting "can't open job file in the /var/spool/cron/atjobs directory".
Based on a newsgroup thread's advice, I logged in as root and entered "chmod 4755 /usr/bin/at" and then got "at: you are not authorized to use at. Sorry.".

In trying to put things back as they were, I entered "chmod 777 /usr/bin/at" but now I get
"at: 0481-166 The auditproc function failed with errno 1.
at: 0481-108 You are not authorized to use the at command."

I'm REALLY stuck, so any help gratefully received.

Chris

Check the at.allow file. Make sure you have the appropriate ID entries in there.

there was no var/adm/cron/at.allow so I tried to create one - but it says the disk is full (which i guess was th problem in the first place). So how do I clear some space and how do i put things back the way they were?

Chris

Umm...thats a good question!! Since its your environment I think you are the best person to answer that question (not trying to be mean!) But as a start, you should be rotating/trimming your log files. Look for core files that can be removed (these tend to be large files). Run a find to find all files greater than a specific size. Determine if you can safely remove them. Make sure your users have not dumped large files in tmp.

I got some help from a guy in my office, who freed up some space (mail files or something) and explained about 4-digit chmod values (I'd never heard of them). Once I'd set that right and got rid of any allow and deny files, it was fixed.

Thanks for your help, google.

Chris