On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 04:38:36PM +0100, Johan Booysen wrote: > I thought that as well and tried to change it to one slot in chg-manual > (firstslot=1 and lastslot=1), but with the same result. > > I've now tried to direct the output from chg-manual to > /var/log/chg-manual.log instead of to /dev/tty, as per Dustin's > suggestion, but it doesn't work yet: > > -rw------- 1 amanda disk 0 Jun 11 16:25 chg-manual.log > > # su -c "amtape daily show" amanda > changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 2 1 > changer_query: changer return was 2 1 > changer_query: searchable = 0 > amtape: scanning all 2 slots in tape-changer rack: > changer_find: looking for NULL changer is searchable = 0 > changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 /dev/nst0 > slot 1: date X label daily-6 > changer: got exit: 0 str: /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual: line 86: > /var/log/chg-manual.log: Permission denied > slot /usr/lib/amanda/chg-manual:: tape_rdlabel: tape open: line 86: > /var/log/chg-manual.log: Permission denied: No such file or directory > > I'll try adjusting the log file's permissions, and will try with only > one slot again. > > Thanks for your replies.
Well, some interesting things, even if not solutions, came from simplifying things. You might consider even avoiding amtape and running chg-manual directly from the amanda configuration directory. As a shell script, it could even be run with debug options: sh -x <path_to>/chg-manual <arguments> -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)
