package at 3.1.10.1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[James Westby]

Binary package hint: at

Hi,

This package has been refusing to install since I upgraded to intrepid. I can't
make it install, it seems to have trouble starting/stopping the daemon.

I'm not sure if this is a widespread issue.

Thanks,

James

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jul 24 13:19:34 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: at 3.1.10.1ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: at
Title: package at 3.1.10.1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.26-4-generic i686

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

Here's the apparent reason

   Cannot change to /var/spool/cron/atjobs: Permission denied

/var/spool/cron:
total 3
drwxrwx--T 2 bin bin 1024 2007-06-21 15:10 atjobs
drwxrwx--T 2 bin bin 1024 2007-06-21 15:10 atspool
drwx-wx--T 2 root crontab 1024 2007-06-21 15:10 crontabs

[James Westby (james-w)]

atd drops to "daemon:daemon" very early on, which is why it cannot
chdir.

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

Another user confirms that their permissions on that directory are
daemon:daemon.

I have never changed that myself as far as I am aware.

This machine started out at feisty if that makes any difference.

Thanks,

James

[James Westby (james-w)]

Oh yes, and this is a Dell machine, so it was possibly a bug in the installation image
that they used.

That wouldn't explain why this only started being an issue on an upgrade to intrepid
though.

Thanks,

James

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

I'm marking this incomplete, as I have no idea what's going on,
if anyone else hits this please add your experiences to the report.

Thanks,

James

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

My Dell Inspiron 530 upgraded from Feisty does not have this issue.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

It was a factory install by Dell also.

[Dennis Dirdjaja (dcd-ditsch)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug is a duplicate of bug #286172, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.