Syslog Errors

If you are getting errors such as:

: kernel: st0: MTSETDRVBUFFER only allowed for root

you are most likely running your Storage daemon as non-root, and Bacula is attempting to set the correct OS buffering to correspond to your Device resource. Most OSes allow only root to issue this ioctl command. In general, the message can be ignored providing you are sure that your OS parameters are properly configured as described earlier. If you are running your Storage daemon as root, you should not be getting these system log messages, and if you are, something is probably wrong.

See also

Go back to:

• Bacula Cannot Open the Device

• Incorrect File Number

• Incorrect Number of Blocks or Positioning Errors

• Linux: Setting Tape Modes Properly

• Tape Hardware Compression and Blocking Size

• Using btape to Simulate Filling Tape

• Recovering Files Written with Fixed Block Sizes

• Autochanger Errors

Go back to the Troubleshooting chapter.

Go back to the Tape Autochanger Setup chapter.

Go back to the main Advanced Features Usage page.