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Manual Reference Pages  - AT.ALLOW (5)

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at.allow, at.deny - determine who can submit jobs via at or batch

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Description

The /etc/at.allow and /etc/at.deny files determine which user can submit commands for later execution via at(1) or batch(1) .

The format of the files is a list of usernames, one on each line. Whitespace is not permitted.

The superuser may always use at.

If the file /etc/at.allow exists, only usernames mentioned in it are allowed to use at.

If /etc/at.allow does not exist, /etc/at.deny is checked.

at(1), atrun(1), cron(8), crontab(1), atd(8).

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