John Drescher wrote:
>> dmesg reports this:
>>
>> st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root
>>
>> Might this be the root of all evil?
> 
> It is possible but I am not sure. I did a quick google search and got
> quite a few hits but the first few did not point to any problems
> caused by this error. They did point to one question though. Does what
> ever user that the bacula-sd runs under have rwx permissions?

I did already google for this MTSETDRVBUFFER 'problem' but it did not 
help. Due to some other reason I currently run bacula-sd as user root 
and group tape, so this should not be the problem.

What do you mean by 'rwx permissions'? The permissions on the device 
(/dev/st0 or /dev/nst0)? If so they are both set to rw-, execution bit 
on these files is not set; I think that's correct, isn't it?
> 
>>  Bacula shows no append errors. I
>> suppose by 'btape tests' you mean the tests in bacula manual chapter 37,
>> 'Testing Your Tape Drive With Bacula'; yes, I did run these tests.
>> Probably I should rerun them and note the results?
>>
> You may want to try this test as the bacula user or (whatever user
> runs the bacula-sd).
> 
> John


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