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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.tc.cornell.edu!newsserver.sdsc.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!csus.edu!netcom.com!mvh From: mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) Subject: Re: Problems with batch? Message-ID: <mvhDCG20r.6py@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <mvhDC8FJK.BE9@netcom.com> <3v1kos$ehl@agate.berkeley.edu> <mvhDCA8t3.Bt9@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 20:53:14 GMT Lines: 26 Sender: mvh@netcom16.netcom.com I figured out what was happening - The new atrun checks that your name matches your uid before it runs a batch file. As I was compiling the ports as root, using 'su' from my normal account, the name didn't match the uid, and this new batch program rejected the batch file. The solution is to log in as 'root' (evil as this is). Michael Harding (mvh@netcom.com) wrote: : I meant that I would use the 'batch' command in the appropriate ports : directory while I am root. 'atq' shows these in the batch queue, but : they are deleted without anything happening. I would enter : 'make install clean' for the batch entry. : Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote: : : In article <mvhDC8FJK.BE9@netcom.com>, Michael Harding <mvh@netcom.com> wrote: : : > I used to run a bunch of port compiles using batch. Now when : : >I try this, the jobs disappear from the batch queue without anything : : >happening. Is something disabled? I of course run the batch files : : I can't parse this. If you're talking about the BATCH flag, all that : : does is skip the ports requiring user interaction to build or install, : : that's all it does. : : Jordan