Hello
Got confused between the mount point and the device.
The amanda user is in the operator group  and did not have permission on the
device
I have changed the device /dev/hd5 permission as follows : -
chmod +or /dev/hda5
I did not get any errors on the client host when i ran amcheck.
Results are :-
[amanda@backup sbin]$  ./amcheck DailySet1
Amanda Tape Server Host Check
-----------------------------
ERROR: /dev/nst0: Permission denied
       (expecting a new tape)
NOTE: skipping tape-writable test
Server check took 0.000 seconds

Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
--------------------------------
Client check: 1 host checked in 0.026 seconds, 0 problems found

I have inserted a tape containing a backup that can be overwritten .
Do you think that I need to insert a blank tape for the error on the Tape
Server host to be resolved.

Regards
madhvi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: "Madhvi Gokool" <madhvin AT yahoo DOT com>
Cc: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: amcheck error


> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 at 7:11pm, Madhvi Gokool wrote
>
> > ERROR: backup.terrasky.mu: [could not access /dev/hda5 (/usr):
Permission
> > denied]
> > ERROR: backup.terrasky.mu: [could not access /dev/hda5 (/dev/hda5):
> > Permission denied]
> > I have verified the permissions on the /usr as follows: -
> >    2 drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root         4096 Jan 24 16:09 usr
> > Logged in as user amanda, I have been able to view a file in one of the
/usr
> > sub-directories.
> > >From my point of view, everyone has read and execute access on the /usr
> > directory.
>
> What you're interested in are the permissions on the device, not the mount
> point.  What does 'ls -l /dev/hda5' say, and what group is the amanda user
> in?
>
> --
> Joshua Baker-LePain
> Department of Biomedical Engineering
> Duke University