Original question: Why still getting permission denied, even though group ownership is set... Mitch
Solution: Permissions. (or what advice would you give to "THE Graduate" if it took place today, rather than 40 years ago?" -----Original Message----- From: Jay Lessert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 1:51 PM To: Bruntel, Mitchell L Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Disk Definition question On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Bruntel, Mitchell L, SOLCM wrote: > Question: getting permission denied..but.. > Amanda runs as AMANDA/operator (solaris 2.8) > DUMP /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 0 OPTIONS |;auth=bsd;compress-fast; > ERROR [could not access /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3 (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3): Permission denied] > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /dev/dsk #> ls -al /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 May 16 2000 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 -> > ../../devices/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],0:d > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /dev/dsk #> ls -al ../../devices/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:d > brw------- 1 root operator 153, 3 May 16 2000 ../../devices/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:d ^^^^^^^^^^ So ufsdump is running user=amanda/group=operator, and the device is *only* readable by owner (root), so you get "Permission denied". Quite right. % sudo chmod g+r /devices/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:d Repeat as appropriate for the other devices. -- Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472
