On Dec 19, 2000, "Justin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You are probably right about the first problem, it should be permissions.
>> You can check the permissions of the disk device with the command `ls -l
>> /dev/hda`. The amanda backup user, or a group the amanda backup user is a
>> member of, needs to have read access to this device to back it up.
If you're using GNU tar, permissions don't apply, since GNU tar will
be invoked through a setuid-root program. But make sure the entries
for this filesystem are correct in /etc/fstab.
> It looks to me like it is not writing anything to tape.
Yep. What did amcheck report before that run? Did you amlabel the
tape first?
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