I checked the permissions at the level of the mount point and the block device file. Indeed, the block device was more restricted (600) than the mount point (755). So, as a test, I set permissions at both entries to 777 and retried amcheck. No effect. The client check still flags an error:
Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check -------------------------------- ERROR: raleigh: [could not access /dev/rdsk/dks0d4s3 (/whitmore): Permission denied] I wonder if this is a remote host (any client) access problem, though I've tried to cover this in ~amanda/.amandahosts: raleigh 10% cat ~amanda/.amandahosts raleigh.cpt.afip.org amanda raleigh amanda I also wonder if current absence of an amandad process (according to ps -elf) is a clue -- though I have made the recommended entries in /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf files and saw that as many as two amandad processes showed in the ps listing when I stopped/restarted the network after editing those files. Looking for suggestions still... R. Becker On Fri, 24 May 2002, fil krohnengold wrote: > At Fri, 24 May 2002 14:44:04 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote... > : Here's a permissions problem that I don't understand, reported by > : amcheck. Client and server are the same host (raleigh): > : > [...] > : Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > : -------------------------------- > : ERROR: raleigh: [could not access /dev/rdsk/dks0d4s3 (/whitmore): > : Permission denied] > [...] > : > : Amanda is installed as user amanda in group sys. Far as I can tell, the > : file systems should be ok for amanda to read. For example: > : > : raleigh 2% ls -l / | grep whit > : drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 24 May 15 08:02 whitmore > > Significant permissions are set on the raw disk device - under > solaris it looks like this (excuse the long lines): > > blinky:~> df -k . > Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on > /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 6705645 1676432 4962157 26% /local > blinky:~> ls -l /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Dec 30 16:41 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 -> >../../devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0:e > blinky:~> ls -l /devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0:e > brw-rw---- 1 root sys 65, 4 Jan 9 19:03 >/devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0:e > > Check to see what the permissions are on /dev/rdsk/dks0d4s3, > etc.. That may be your problem. > > -fil > -- > fil krohnengold > systems administrator - IT > american museum of natural history > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Robert L. Becker, Jr. Col, USAF, MC Department of Cellular Pathology Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Washington, DC 20306-6000 301-319-0300
