[NBLUG/talk] Can't get "at" working correctly

[Andrew]

Hi, all,

This morning, I wanted to fax something at a specific time. For
the fun of it, I thought I'd give the "at" utility a spin. I'm
using the efax package to send faxes, so I typed this:

bash$ at 07:00 [enter]
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> fax send 5551212 document.001 [enter]
at> [CTRL-D]
job 1 at 2004-04-02 07:00
bash$ atq
1	2004-04-02 07:00 a andrew
bash$

When 7:00 rolled around, I watched the modem... and nothing
happened. So I typed "atq" again and got

1	2004-04-02 07:00 a andrew
1	2004-04-02 07:00 = andrew

So it was running, but not doing what it was supposed to do. I
removed the job with "atrm 1" and sent the fax manually.

/etc/at.allow does not exist. /etc/at.deny does exist, but
"andrew" is not in it. "andrew" is a member of the "dialout"
group (I'm using Debian Woody) and the "fax" command works just
fine when I do it manually. Any guesses where the glitch may be?

A.