Hi all,
I wasn't sure if this was a hackers or users mail, so I sent to to both
lists. Hope this is ok
I've been trying to restore a few files from an amanda backup, amanda
version 2.4.3b4 on freebsd 4.9
i'm using a SCSI DDS-4 drive
also, i use the comp-root-tar backup method
the dump works fine, and if i use amrestore -p | tar -tvf I can see
that the files are indeed there.
But, when I try to use amrecover, it's all fine while I'm doing the
sethost, setdisk etc. I can even browse the virtual FS and see add the
files ready for restore, but when I come to try and run the extract
command, this happens.
Load tape ffhs-daily16 now
Continue [?/Y/n/t]?
EOF, check amidxtaped.debug file on ngidnoc.
amrecover: short block 0 bytes
UNKNOWN file
amrecover: Can't read file header
extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1
Continue [?/Y/n]?
amrecover>
I checked the faq-o-matic, and found this error, but it suggests the
tape isn't rewound, and it definately is, because I tried again after
reading that just to make sure.
So, I look in the logfile, and see this:
amrestore: could not open /dev/nrsa0: Permission denied
amidxtaped: time 0.096: amrestore terminated normally with status: 2
amidxtaped: time 0.097: rewinding tape ...
amidxtaped: time 0.097: tape_rewind: tape open: /dev/nrsa0: Permission
denied
amidxtaped: time 0.097: pid 85649 finish time Wed Dec 8 17:12:32 2004
Which completely baffles me because,
a) the amdump can use the tape drive fine, as can amrestore
b) the amanda user is in the operator group, and the operator group has
rw permissions on /dev/nrsa0
c) I've tried su'ing to amanda, and trying to access the tape drive and
that is also fine.
I'm now completely stumped, and would appreciate any help at all. If you
need any more info, please let me know.
Cheers,
Dunc
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