Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-04 Thread Dan Langille
On 4 May 2006 at 10:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At beginning and ending of my backup i receive this message in my syslog > : kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root > What does it mean? Does this Google search help? http://tinyurl.com/lyvps Failing that, you need to show us the jo

Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you Dan, here's all information I have Before posting, it's an evidence, I searched on my friend google, but the only concrete solution I found was to change permission on /dev/nst0. before : crw-rw 1 root tape 9, 128 2006-05-03 17:51 /dev/nst0 after :crw-rw 1 bacula tape 9,

Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Brett, Thank you for answer. I posted back more information about my configuration, logfile &co directly on the the original thread. If something looks clear for you answer me :) I'm wondering if doing a chmod bacula:tape /dev/nst0 is dirty or not. Sylvain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Dea

RE: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-04 Thread brett.dellegrazie
Dear Sylvain, This indicates that the storage daemon requires root privileges to alter the scsi drive's configuration (such as setting the buffer size). This actually caused a significant amount of problems for me when trying to run an autochanger and in the end the only way I could resolve it wa

Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nobody wants to help me? :'( [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Thank you Dan, here's all information I have Before posting, it's an evidence, I searched on my friend google, but the only concrete solution I found was to change permission on /dev/nst0. before : crw-rw 1 root tape 9, 128 2006-05

Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-05 Thread Dan Langille
On 5 May 2006 at 15:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nobody wants to help me? :'( Yes, nobody wants to help you. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > Thank you Dan, here's all information I have If you really want me to notice your reply, CC me in the reply. I do not read every message posted to th

Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-05 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Trouble is this is really not a problem with Bacula, but rather a config question on your operating system. I would not do a chmod on that file. If you're using kernel 2.6, chances are good that you might be using devfs -- these files are not created o

Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-05 Thread Kern Sibbald
The messages: kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root can *probably* be ignored -- see the end of the Tape Testing chapter for more details in the 1.38.9 manual (on-line). On Friday 05 May 2006 15:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Nobody wants to help me? :'( > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écri

Re: [Bacula-users] kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

2006-05-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I think I found an elegant solution : On my Debian Sarge with kernel 2.6.12.6 I use udev. Permission on device mountpoint are defined in /etc/udev/permissions.rules I edit this file and insert the line below at end of file : KERNEL=="nst[0-9]*", MODE="0660", OWNER="bacula", GROUP="tape" T