I have got it to work --- had to modify the group of amanda user in
/etc/passwd

Thanx
Madhvi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Madhvi Gokool" <madhvin AT yahoo DOT com>
To: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Cc: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 11:00 AM
Subject: Permissin denied


> Hello
> After changing the group of the user amanda to disk , when I run amcheck ,
I
> ams till getiing the
> 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
>
> The permissions on the tape device are as follows : -
>
> [[amanda@backup sbin]$ ls -ali /dev/nst0
>  177632 crw-rw-r--    1 root     disk       9, 128 Mar 24  2001 /dev/nst0
>
> Are there any otehr solutions ???
>
> M