Re: [help-gnubatch] Running gbch-vlist in jobscript

[John M Collins]

It is documented - the problem is having been setuid-ed to the owner of the job it can't read /root/ and it can't tell whether the file exists or not as /root/ is drwx------

The order of errors in a non-existent file in a non-searchable directory isn't quite well-defined and consistent between Unices and Linuxes.

On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 23:08 +0100, Reuti wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I run a job which uses a gnubatch program in its jobscript just to  
> check the behavior of the variables. When such a job runs, I get the  
> correct output in the redirectded output file, but in addition I get  
> an eMail:
>
> Your batch job, 'maintenance', (Job Number 18642),
> was completed satisfactorily.
> Standard error from your job was:
> --------------------------------
> gbch-vlist: Warning! /root/.gnubatch exists but is not readable!
> gbch-vlist: Warning! /root/.gnubatch exists but is not readable!
>
>
> The gnubatch daemons were started as root, but the jobs are running  
> as normal user. Is it just something to be ignored, or something I  
> have to adjust somewhere?
>
> -- Reuti

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