From owner-freebsd-bugs  Sat Feb 15 23:10:10 1997
Return-Path: <owner-bugs>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA17229
          for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:10:10 -0800 (PST)
Received: (from gnats@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA17217;
          Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:10:05 -0800 (PST)
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:10:05 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199702160710.XAA17217@freefall.freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-bugs
Cc: 
From: Mike Pritchard <mpp>
Subject: Re: bin/2747: at cannot be run in an atjob
Reply-To: Mike Pritchard <mpp>
Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

The following reply was made to PR bin/2747; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mike Pritchard <mpp>
To: thompson@tgsoft.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/2747: at cannot be run in an atjob
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 23:04:09 -0800 (PST)

 mark thompson wrote:
 > 
 > You cannot submit an at job from within an at job, since the submitted
 > job will have the wrong mail address, and atrun will reject it. The
 > comments suggest that the code in question (see below) is a hangover
 > from an earlier day, and no longer appropriate.
 
 Be careful around this code.  If I remember correctly from the last
 time I mucked around in there, there are security implications
 with the whole section of code.
 -- 
 Mike Pritchard
 mpp@FreeBSD.org
 "Go that way.  Really fast.  If something gets in your way, turn"