Hello Got confused between the mount point and the device. The amanda user is in the operator group and did not have permission on the device I have changed the device /dev/hd5 permission as follows : - chmod +or /dev/hda5 I did not get any errors on the client host when i ran amcheck. Results are :- [amanda@backup sbin]$ ./amcheck DailySet1 Amanda Tape Server Host Check ----------------------------- ERROR: /dev/nst0: Permission denied (expecting a new tape) NOTE: skipping tape-writable test Server check took 0.000 seconds
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- Client check: 1 host checked in 0.026 seconds, 0 problems found I have inserted a tape containing a backup that can be overwritten . Do you think that I need to insert a blank tape for the error on the Tape Server host to be resolved. Regards madhvi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Madhvi Gokool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: Re: amcheck error > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 at 7:11pm, Madhvi Gokool wrote > > > ERROR: backup.terrasky.mu: [could not access /dev/hda5 (/usr): Permission > > denied] > > ERROR: backup.terrasky.mu: [could not access /dev/hda5 (/dev/hda5): > > Permission denied] > > I have verified the permissions on the /usr as follows: - > > 2 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 4096 Jan 24 16:09 usr > > Logged in as user amanda, I have been able to view a file in one of the /usr > > sub-directories. > > >From my point of view, everyone has read and execute access on the /usr > > directory. > > What you're interested in are the permissions on the device, not the mount > point. What does 'ls -l /dev/hda5' say, and what group is the amanda user > in? > > -- > Joshua Baker-LePain > Department of Biomedical Engineering > Duke University