I need a sanity check, I must be missing something obvious... -bash-2.05b$ groups amanda amanda : amanda disk Ok, so the 'amanda' user is a member of the 'disk' group -bash-2.05b$ ls -l /dev/sg1 crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 1 Jan 30 2003 /dev/sg1 Ok, the changer I want access to has granted rw access to 'disk' group -bash-2.05b$ /usr/local/src/mtx-1.2.17rel/loaderinfo -f /dev/sg1 cannot open SCSI device '/dev/sg1' - Permission denied
-bash-2.05b$ /usr/local/sbin/amtape CIS show amtape: could not get changer info: open: /dev/sg1: Permission denied Yet I can't access it... [ at this point I login as root on a separate terminal and grant 666 access to that device] -bash-2.05b$ /usr/local/src/mtx-1.2.17rel/loaderinfo -f /dev/sg1 Product Type: Medium Changer Vendor ID: 'QUALSTAR' Product ID: 'TLS-5433 ' Revision: '221a' etc... So even though 'amanda' is a member of the 'disk' group, the device has 'disk' as it's group, and the device has permissions 660, 'amanda' can't access the device unless I make it world-read/writable. I'm sure it's something basic, but I'm rusty at this, and daydreaming about the holidays... :-) Thanks, Fran -- Fran Fabrizio Senior Systems Analyst Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama - Birmingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] (205) 934-0653
