On 06/16/2011 04:41 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 16Jun2011 18:58, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > | Hopefully this is a quickie. I've written a Perl script which > | > | 1) I call to initialise - this then schedules another run using the 'at' > | command > | > | 2) is run by 'at' at the appropriate time to carry out the required task > | > | This works fine under the developer user but when I call it from PHP in my web > | server the 2nd part fails and generates the following email. > | > | Subject: Output from your job 17 > | From: Apache <apache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > | To: apache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > | Date: Today 18:51:00 > | > | This account is currently not available. > | > | I have tried creating /etc/at.allow and adding apache. /etc/at.deny us empty > | > | it still doesn't work. Can anyone suggest what I need to do next please. > > Might the account be "locked"? Check out the /etc/shadow file - "!!" > instead of "x" in the crypt field. May as well check the account has a > shell too: /bin/sh instead of /bin/false. Indeed, that's it. The "at" command runs a shell as the user who submitted the job. User "apache" generally is not a valid login user (can't run a shell), so the "at" job can't run. Note that this is also true if you try to do cron jobs for a user that hasn't got shell access. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, C2 Hosting ricks@xxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - You possess a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
