Backup and Restore problems on 4D25 using 4.01 IRIX

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2 total messages Started by Randall J. Rosa Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:39

#107

Author: Randall J. Rosa
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:39

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I am having problems using the "Backup and Restore" utility from the 
System Manager menu.  Backing up the machine which has the tape device
is no problem, but using that drive for backing up other machines on
the local net gives me an "unable to open remote tape device" error.

I have set the guest account on both machines to no password and root
group and user, but still get the same results.  This used to work
under 4.00, but doesn't under 4.01.  (we're an art school, and can't
afford an update to the current 4.05?? version until a grant comes
our way....any help would be appreciated!   Thanks!

Re: Backup and Restore problems on 4D25 using 4.01 IRIX

#108

Author: Dave Olson
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:43

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In <1jq0k9INN9k7@news.cerf.net> randallr@nic.cerf.net (Randall J. Rosa) writes:


| I am having problems using the "Backup and Restore" utility from the 
| System Manager menu.  Backing up the machine which has the tape device
| is no problem, but using that drive for backing up other machines on
| the local net gives me an "unable to open remote tape device" error.
| 
| I have set the guest account on both machines to no password and root
| group and user, but still get the same results.  This used to work
| under 4.00, but doesn't under 4.01.  (we're an art school, and can't
| afford an update to the current 4.05?? version until a grant comes
| our way....any help would be appreciated!   Thanks!

Turn on rsh logging in /usr/adm/SYSLOG by adding the '-L' option
to the rshd line in /usr/etc/inetd.conf, followed by
/etc/killall -HUP inetd, then do it again, to see what
the error is.

Also, you can try just running 'mt -t guest@remote:/dev/nrtape status'
and see what, if any error you get (on the machine without the drive).
There are no known problems in this area, aside from system configuration
on the users/admin's part.
--
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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