Amanda-Users

Re: owner of changer device

2009-06-22 11:22:28
Subject: Re: owner of changer device
From: Brian Cuttler <brian AT wadsworth DOT org>
To: Andreas Kuntzagk <andreas.kuntzagk AT mdc-berlin DOT de>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:40:46 -0400
On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:53:03PM +0200, Andreas Kuntzagk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have another on: should I make the amandabackup user the owner of the 
> changer device file or is there a better way to enable access to the 
> changer for the amanda programs?

I don't think I've ever had to alter the ownership or protections
of the tape nor jukebox devices. I guess if you want to to prevent
other users from accessing the tapes you can, but I can't recall 
anyone else discussing this, so I don't thing its typical to do so.


> best, Andreas
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