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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: How do I use a remote backup unit?
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- References: <1992Nov16.113459.30301@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 17:31:50 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.113459.30301@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> ubjta56@ucl.ac.uk (Dr P Day) writes:
- | (i) why does the remote Indigo insist that it cannot
- | open the tape drive, which a few minutes earlier was
- | accessed by the host Indigo?
-
- It isn't the remote indigo (with the tape drive) that is saying it can't
- open it, it is the local one!
-
- | (ii) What do I have to do to remotely backup Indigo A on a tape
- | drive that is attached to Indigo B? (i.e. do I have to mount stuff
- | and do it all by hand (manually) using backup?)
-
- You just need permission. The simples test is:
- mt -t remotehost:/dev/tape stat
- mt -t guest@remotehost:/dev/tape stat
-
- If the first fails and the second works, you don't have rsh permission
- on the remote. If they both fail, the error messages may tell you
- why (see man rsh for some help, that's the bsd rsh, not the sysV
- restricted shell).
-
- If you still can't figure it out, enable rsh logging on the remote
- (see man rshd, change inetd.conf on the remote, and killall -HUP inetd).
- Then try again, and look at /usr/adm/SYSLOG.conf on the remote.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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