On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Bruntel, Mitchell L, SOLCM wrote:
> Question:  getting permission denied..but..
> Amanda runs as AMANDA/operator (solaris 2.8)

> DUMP /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3  0 OPTIONS |;auth=bsd;compress-fast;

> ERROR [could not access /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s3 (/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3): Permission 
> denied]

> root@cluster-adm: /dev/dsk #>  ls -al /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3                       
>           
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          46 May 16  2000 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s3 -> 
> ../../devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0:d
> root@cluster-adm: /dev/dsk #>  ls -al 
> ../../devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0:d
> brw-------   1 root     operator 153,  3 May 16  2000 
> ../../devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0:d

  ^^^^^^^^^^

So ufsdump is running user=amanda/group=operator, and the device is *only*
readable by owner (root), so you get "Permission denied".  Quite right.

% sudo chmod g+r /devices/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0:d

Repeat as appropriate for the other devices.

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