On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 10:47, Paul Lewis wrote: > I have a DAT tape drive which works on my RH6 server I would like to > use it to backup my Debian machine. I cannot seem to make the tar > syntax work for me. Does anyone use this type of setup and what rights > need to be setup on the server (hosts.allow, etc) to permit this to > work? > > tar -cvf <hostname:>/dev/st0 /home I think it should be /etc/rmt (if I remember correctly you should be accessing the remote-tape device - but it's been a while since I last did that).
you also have to enable rsh, rlogin, and rexec on the tape host ane make "/.rhosts" to allow root to connect to this machine without password. I think the syntax for .rhosts is in 'man hosts.equiv' > > this does not seem to work. I get an error > > "rsh <hostname:> Name or service not known > tar <hostname\:/dev/st0 Cannot open: input/output error > tar error is not recoverable. exiting now > > Nothing in the logs on the server to indicate if the connection was > denied or why it might have been. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bye -- Haim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
