Package: at
Version: 3.1.9

1. Lockfile /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ is not created by the package.
Errors result when

2. With the new daemon:daemon ownership, users are not able to use at
despite the presence of an empty /etc/at.deny file, in contradiction to
the man page.

3. Once a user has been added to /etc/at.allow, permission errors still
exist because the spool file is being created with the user's permissions.

$ sudo vi /etc/at.allow
$ echo "xmms -p" |at 0900
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
Cannot open lockfile /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ: No such file or directory
$ sudo touch /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ
$ echo "xmms -p" |at 0900
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
Cannot open lockfile /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ: Permission denied
$ sudo touch /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ
$ sudo chown daemon:daemon /var/spool/cron/atjobs/.SEQ
$ echo "xmms -p" |at 0900
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
Cannot create atjob file /var/spool/cron/atjobs/a00001011dc9cc:
Permission denied
$ echo "xmms -p" |sudo at 0900
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
job 4 at Thu Aug 11 09:00:00 2005
$ sudo ls -l /var/spool/cron/atjobs/
total 4
-rwx------  1 root daemon 2244 Aug 10 20:52 a00004011dc9cc


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