device priority use by mtx:
the -f argument
CHANGER environment variable
TAPE environment variable
/dev/changer
chg-zd-mtx set the TAPE environment variable, mtx use it unless you have
the CHANGER variable set.
maybe we should set CHANGER too.
I don't know why it doesn't use -f, but I think for compatibility with
older mtx version.
Jean-Louis
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
chg-zd-mtx works fine now after:
ln -s /dev/sg2 /dev/changer
chgrp tape /dev/sg2
This allowed the user amanda, which is member of the group tape, to
access the changer-device sg2 by simply running "mtx status", without
using "-f /dev/sg2". (mtx defaults to use /dev/changer, without "-f")
Right now amtape scans my inserted tapes without problems, and without
doing an amlabel-run (this wouldn't make much sense, relabel every tape
after each cartridge-change ...).
So I suggest a patch to the chg-zd-mtx-script:
instead of "mtx status"
it should be
"mtx -f /dev/$changerdev status"
Ok?
Greets, Stefan.
