> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus > Sent: Saturday, 03 September, 2005 12:27 > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Bacula-users] Disable hardware compression / Running as root > > I'm archiving a lot of video to DLT, and think it > might help to disable hardware compression. DV25 > streams are, by definition, compressed and will not > shrink much anyway (if at all). > > In the docs it says you disable compression with this: > mt -f /dev/nst0 defcompression 0 > But where do you enter that, does it go into > mtx-changer or soemthing? Many of the tapes I have are > used and it appears whoever last used them had hw > compression on. >
Enter the mt command on your command line. See also: 'man 1 mt'. > Also, is it possible/advisable to modify permissions > so bacula can be run by a user (me?)? The install > seems to set everything for root/root, will changing > the group to disk hurt anything? > Bacula will need rw permissions for a nubmer of devices depending on your configuration. Since you're using tape, bacula will need the permissions of the group which owns your tape device (commonly "tape" or "operator"). Bacula will also need permissions for your tape changer if you have one (commonly "tape", "operator", or "disk"). Verify the user and group permissions of your device(s) with "ls -l /dev/nst0" on the commandline. Some users -- including myself -- have had problems with permissions when running bacula non-root, so use caution. If all else fails you can "chmod 666" the devices which bacula needs to access. However, this could raise security concerns. > Thanks list! > > > > ____________________________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development > Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users HTH Thanks, Chris ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
