okay, got a linux question about 'atd'.

i'm running RedHat Linux 7.2 kernel 2.4.7-10 
on an intel box (dell for what it's worth).

i have a job that creates a shell script
and batches it.  the script goes into
the /var/spool/at directory (which, by the
way, is NOT NFS mounted).

the linux server is always busy and never
seems to run the job.  i look and the man
page for atd says, 'atd will run the job by
default if the loadavg is about .8;  use
the '-l' option to make adjustments'.

so ... i configure the atd script to 
run with a pre-defined load average
of 4 (our system never goes under that).

now, when a job is submitted and is 
placed in the /var/spool/at directory,
the script disappears (i assume that it's being
processed) ... BUT ... when i search for the
job (i have the job number) or 'ps auwwx'
around, i can find no trace of the job, the
job number, the process, or anything related.

other items of interest:

-- when the job was placed in the /var/spool/at
directory, the script is owned by 'nobody' and
the group is some wild 10 digit number (4294967295
to be exact).  i didn't think that would matter, but it may.

-- also, the permissions and owner for the /var/spool, 
/var/spool/at and /var/spool/at/spool are:

drwxr-xr-x   14 root     root         4096 Jan 29  2002 spool

drwx------    3 daemon   daemon       4096 Sep 12 17:23 at

drwx------    2 daemon   daemon       4096 Sep 12 17:23 spool

--there doesn't seem to be ANY errors in /var/log/messages

-- lastly, when i launch at job by hand ('at now blah, blah, blah')
the job is put in queue and runs okay.

any suggestions?

-X