Check the permissions on /dev/st0 what group owns that device? Add the backuppc user to the tape group (or whoever the owning group of the device is)
On 7/31/08, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Rippy wrote: >> Thanks for the quick reply. The backuppc user uses /bin/sh not bash. >> sh is a symbolic link to /bin/dash it looks like. Not sure if this >> helps or not. > > The shell doesn't have much to do with this except possibly giving you > the wrong error message. The real problem is almost certainly that the > backuppc user doesn't have write permission on /dev/st0 (and if you are > ever going to write more than one run to a tape you might want to use > /dev/nst0 instead). > > I'm not sure how Ubuntu handles the setup, but udev-based systems > rebuild the device nodes on the fly so if you just change > owner/group/permissions, you have to do it after every reboot. If it is > group rw you can add the backuppc user to it's group. Otherwise you'll > have to add a udev rule or something to control it. > > -- > Les Mikesell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
