I was able to correct this problem by uninstalling and reinstalling 'at:' cn2:/etc# aptitude purge at Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: at 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 209kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y Writing extended state information... Done (Reading database ... 42019 files and directories currently installed.) Removing at ... Stopping deferred execution scheduler: atd. Purging configuration files for at ... Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done cn2:/etc# aptitude install at Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: at 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 37.9kB of archives. After unpacking 209kB will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main at 3.1.8-11 [37.9kB] Fetched 37.9kB in 1s (28.2kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package at. (Reading database ... 41993 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking at (from .../archives/at_3.1.8-11_i386.deb) ... Setting up at (3.1.8-11) ... Starting deferred execution scheduler: atd.
Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done cn2:/etc# su - amanda [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo '123' | at now warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh job 1 at 2006-08-29 10:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Thank you for your help in maintaining this package. -Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Debian BTS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debian Bug Tracking System Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 10:03 AM To: Zembower, Kevin Subject: Bug#385159: Acknowledgement (Erroneous 'permission to use at denied') Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the package maintainers and other interested parties for their attention; they will reply in due course. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Ryan Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (and *not* to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). If you have filed this report in error and wish to close it, please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with an explanation why the bug report should be closed. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database)