"at" having problems

[zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz]

Hi

i have recently found out that "at" is not working at all... ie the atd
process cannot be started.  I have purged and reinstalled at but it still
does not work.  Here are the relevant error messages :

oldlelouvre:/home/prodwork# at 5pm
warning: commands will be executed using /bin/sh
at> echo me
at> <EOT>
job 1 at 2000-02-15 17:00
Can't open /var/run/atd.pid to signal atd. No atd running?

syslog :

Feb 15 15:44:41 oldlelouvre atd[252]: Error redirecting I/O: Permission
denied

any ideas as to why this simple program is having diffuculties in running??

thanx