> Jerlique Bahn wrote:
> >>> I have recently configured Amanda to backup our data.  I am now trying
> >> to
> >>> restore some of the data that I have backed up, and I am having
> problems
> >>> doing so.  The client and server are the same machine. I have chg-
> manual
> >>> configured so that the first and last slot are both 1. I am running
> >>> amrecover as root. I am guessing that its because the changer think
> that
> >> it needs a different tape, but I cannot work out why.
> >>> # ammt -f /dev/nsa0 status
> >>> /dev/nsa0 status: ONLINE ds == 0x0001 er == 0x0000
> >>>
> >>> # amtape backup reset
> >>> changer: got exit: 0 str: 1 /dev/nsa0
> >>> amtape: changer is reset, slot 1 is loaded.
> >>>
> >>> ## this is from /tmp/Amanda/amidxtaped....
> >>> Looking for tape backup-1...
> >>> changer: got exit: 0 str: 0 1 1
> >>> changer_query: changer return was 1 1
> >>> changer_query: searchable = 0
> >>> changer_find: looking for backup-1 changer is searchable = 0
> >>> changer: got exit: 2 str: /usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-manual: cannot
> >>> create /dev/tty: Device not configured
> >> I'm not very familiar with the chg-manual script, but as a wild guess
> >> you might have the wrong console device specified for your OS.
> >
> > I don't think so, because the commands that are failing from within
> > chg-manual work if I type them in eg:
> >
> > SRV# echo "insert tape into slot $1 and press return" >/dev/tty
> > insert tape into slot  and press return
> > SRV# read ANSWER </dev/tty
> >
> > SRV#
> >
> >>> amidxtaped: could not load slot /usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-manual::
> >>> cannot create /dev/tty: Device not configured
> >>> amidxtaped: time 0.186: could not load slot
> >>> /usr/local/amanda/libexec/chg-manual:: cannot create /dev/tty: Device
> >> not
> >>> configu
> >>> red
> >>> amidxtaped: time 0.186: pid 5948 finish time Mon Jul 10 23:01:39 2006
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ## This is from the changer.debug
> >>> MT -> /usr/local/amanda/sbin/ammt -f
> >>> DD -> /usr/local/amanda/sbin/amdd
> >>> Args -> -slot next
> >>>      -> rewind /dev/nsa0
> >>> /dev/nsa0 rewind failed: Permission denied
> >> Looks like this is your main problem, you don't have permissions to
> >> the tape drive.  Odd, since you say you are running amrecover as
> >> root.  Is the tape actually loaded in the drive?  Can you (from the
> >> command line) run 'mt -f /dev/nsa0 rewind' successfully?
> >
> > I agree, however from the command line I have full access:
> 
> On poking around my installation, the changer scripts are all
> owned by my Amanda user, not root.  Can you 'su -' to your Amanda
> user and still run these commands?

Ahh very good point!! I've been running it as root, and this is what is in
the Amanda.conf file but I compiled with user=backup.  In inetd I'm running
the services as user root.

SRV# su backup -c "/usr/local/amanda/sbin/ammt -f /dev/nsa0 rewind"
/dev/nsa0 rewind failed: Permission denied 

SRV# la /usr/local/amanda/sbin/ammt -rwxr-xr-x  1 backup  backup  14857 Jul
10 14:13 /usr/local/amanda/sbin/ammt 

SRV# la /usr/local/amanda/sbin/amdd -rwxr-xr-x  1 backup  backup  13153 Jul
10 14:13 /usr/local/amanda/sbin/amdd 

What do you think I should do?

JB