On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 at 5:42pm, Lewis Getschel wrote > I tried the erase as the amanda user, and I got permission denied. I > suspect that amlabel is simply saying write-protected when in fact it is > just permission denied.
Yep. > As a newbie that has looked in the FOM, and read the mailing list for > almost a week, I'm confused as to WHAT group I should compile under. > Some people say operator, others disk, others xxx (take your pick > <grin>). Is the group you use more dependant on what distro you use > (hence the permission issue?) Is the group my problem? You can assign the user/group of you run amanda as in any way which will work for you. On Red Hat Linux, I do amanda:disk (as you did). Make sure that /dev/nst0 has the proper ownership and permissions -- for me /dev/nst0 is owned by root:disk with a mode of 660. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University