On Sunday 18 December 2005 05:46 am, Natxo Asenjo wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Dec 2005, 09:54:28PM +0100ยจ, Arno Lehmann said:
> > >17-Dec 20:26 tux-dir: RunAfter: root
> > >17-Dec 20:26 tux-dir: RunAfter: + /etc/bacula/delete_catalog_backup
> > >17-Dec 20:26 tux-dir: RunAfter: + mt rewind
> > >17-Dec 20:26 tux-dir: RunAfter: mt: /dev/tape: Permission denied
> > >17-Dec 20:26 tux-dir: RunAfter: + mt eject
> > >17-Dec 20:26 tux-dir: RunAfter: mt: /dev/tape: Permission denied
> > >17-Dec 20:26 tux-dir: RunAfter: + exit 0
> >
> > Hmm. Are you using a debian linux system? I think I remember something...
>
> yes, debian stable but bacula from sources.
>
> The problem is (well, for me in this case) that the jobs run as user
> bacula (this is good, do not get me wrong). The user bacula in debian
> systems (I used first the *.debs but then compiled) get a /bin/false
> shell. I changed that to /bin/bash. Then I edited the sudoers file and
> granted bacula access to /bin/mt as root without password. That did it.
> It is not beautiful but it works, and this machine is not a safety
> problem anyway.
On my Debian Sarge system the tape device nodes are owned by 'root'
with
group 'tape'. Adding user 'bacula' to the 'tape' group in /etc/group solved
the permissions problem.
Of course, your changing /bin/false to /bin/bash is necessary, also! ;-)
Cheers!
cmr
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