Re: scsi tape and loader commands

Sorry. I wasn't clear.

I issued the mt commands as root. And ensured ownership and permissions.

If it is permissions, it is not the permissions on /dev/sgd or /dev/sg3.

>Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 14:18:57 -0800 (AKDT)
>Subject: Re: scsi tape and loader commands
>From: amv@akvalentine.com
>To: "volz" <volz@koyukuk.at.uaa.alaska.edu>
>Cc: aklug@aklug.org
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>I looks like a permission issue. Try running the same command as root and
>see if it works. If it does, make sure that either the permissions on
>/dev/sgd allow your user to rw access or that you add your user to the
>group that owns /dev/sgd (and /dev/sgd has group rw).
>
>Also, 'mtx' is another command that you can try.
>
>
>Good Luck.
>
>Anthony Valentine
>
>
>> I am trying to use the "mt" command to exercise a scsi loader attached to
>> RH9
>> workstation.
>>
>> I am pretty sure I have identified the correct device. But I get an
>> "operation
>> not permitted" error when I try to get the status.
>>
>> mt -f /dev/sgd status
>> /dev/sgd: Operation not permitted
>>
>> /dev/sgd is owned by root with rwx set.
>>
>> Are there some other scsi commands for loaders and robots?
>>
>> - Karl Volz
>>
>> volz@aeff.uaa.alaska.edu
>>
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