he (bacula) should be able to.

[root@d0lphb040 bacula]# ls -la /dev/sg8
crw-rw---- 1 root tape 21, 8 Feb  7 13:00 /dev/sg8
[root@d0lphb040 bacula]# ls -la /dev/nst0
crw-rw---- 1 root tape 9, 128 Feb  7 13:00 /dev/nst0
[root@d0lphb040 bacula]# cat /etc/group|grep bacula
disk:x:6:bacula
tape:x:33:bacula
bacula:x:133:


i did find this tho, not sure what it means:

as root:

[root@d0lphb040 bacula]# tapeinfo -f /dev/nst0
Product Type: Tape Drive
Vendor ID: 'IBM     '
Product ID: 'ULTRIUM-TD3     '
Revision: '93GM'
Attached Changer API: No
SerialNumber: '9210226800'
MinBlock: 1
MaxBlock: 16777215
SCSI ID: 6
SCSI LUN: 0
Ready: yes
BufferedMode: yes
Medium Type: 0x38
Density Code: 0x44
BlockSize: 0
DataCompEnabled: yes
DataCompCapable: yes
DataDeCompEnabled: yes
CompType: 0x1
DeCompType: 0x1
BOP: yes
Block Position: 0
Partition 0 Remaining Kbytes: -1
Partition 0 Size in Kbytes: -1
ActivePartition: 0
EarlyWarningSize: 0




same command, as user bacula:

[root@d0lphb040 bacula]# sudo -u bacula tapeinfo -f /dev/nst0
mtx: Request Sense: Long Report=yes
mtx: Request Sense: Valid Residual=no
mtx: Request Sense: Error Code=0 (Unknown?!)
mtx: Request Sense: Sense Key=No Sense
mtx: Request Sense: FileMark=no
mtx: Request Sense: EOM=no
mtx: Request Sense: ILI=no
mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Code = 00
mtx: Request Sense: Additional Sense Qualifier = 00
mtx: Request Sense: BPV=no
mtx: Request Sense: Error in CDB=no
mtx: Request Sense: SKSV=no
INQUIRY Command Failed


that is where i am focusing right now.








On 2/8/13 9:55 AM, "Alan Brown" <ucasabr AT ucl.ac DOT uk> wrote:

>On 08/02/13 15:02, Jonathan Horne wrote:
>> well, ill retry them all again, but the drive works enough to label all
>> the barcodes in the drive.
>
>What uid is bacula-sd running as?
>
>Does that uid have permission to access the tape drives?
>
>
>


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