Good questions all...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# more redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)
An upgrade really isn't an option - this is a turn-key OCR system.
We are moving to amanda here since we've been unable to move enough
data to the local tape drive to backup the system, it is currently
using a simple dump script and it fails when the 2nd tape volume is
required. Amanda to a server with a larger drive should resolve the
issue handily.
The file system we are trying to dump /iarc/vol is a local partition,
not NFS and not a directory.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# df -kl /iarc/vol
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda12 57230108 37611092 16711856 70% /iarc/vol
[EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# mount | grep iarc
/dev/sda12 on /iarc/vol type ext2 (rw)
*** Now I'm wondering if we could somehow be invoking a dump that
does not handle ext2 file structure.
Our (failing) dump script uses /sbin/dump for partition /iarc/vol
>From the debug file - we are defining DUMP="/sbin/dump"
amandad: paths: bindir="/usr/local/bin" sbindir="/usr/local/sbin"
amandad: libexecdir="/usr/local/libexec" mandir="/usr/local/man"
amandad: AMANDA_TMPDIR="/tmp/amanda" AMANDA_DBGDIR="/tmp/amanda"
amandad: CONFIG_DIR="/usr/local/etc/amanda" DEV_PREFIX="/dev/"
amandad: RDEV_PREFIX="/dev/" DUMP="/sbin/dump"
amandad: RESTORE="/sbin/restore" VDUMP=UNDEF VRESTORE=UNDEF
amandad: XFSDUMP=UNDEF XFSRESTORE=UNDEF VXDUMP=UNDEF VXRESTORE=UNDEF
amandad: SAMBA_CLIENT="/usr/bin/smbclient" GNUTAR="/bin/gtar"
It 'looks' like we are invoking the right executable.
amandad: time 0.002: bsd security: remote host nnewton.wadsworth.org user amanda
local user amanda
amandad: time 0.002: amandahosts security check passed
amandad: time 0.002: running service "/usr/local/libexec/selfcheck"
amandad: time 0.008: sending REP packet:
----
Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 009-00098E80 SEQ 1096907538
OPTIONS features=fffffeff9ffe0f;
ERROR [could not access /dev/sda12 (/iarc/vol): Permission denied]
OK /sbin/dump executable
OK /etc/dumpdates read/writable
OK /dev/null read/writable
I have tried changing the group for the amanda user in /etc/passwd,
group root (0), sys (3) and disk (6). To no avail. We have also tried
both sys and disk in the inetd configuration file [reluctant to set
it to root (0) there].
The only error in the debug file is pretty much the one you would expect
given the amcheck output.
ERROR [could not access /dev/sda12 (/iarc/vol): Permission denied]
OK /sbin/dump executable
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Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
