>Hello,
>I would like to make a remote full backup. I have used the tool
>"system/backup and restore" of the toolchest, but I received a message
>saying that : "The system is unable to open the remote tape device".
>But the directory server is running on the remote machine (I have the
>remote DAT icon on my desktop) and the .rhost file on the remote
>machine enables access.
When I need to access a remote tape device for a remote backup I must
open the guest account by removing the lock (*) from the second field
of the guest entry in /etc/passwd on the remote machine (the one with
the tape drive physically attached). I also give this guest account a
/bin/csh shell instead of its /bin/false shell, but I'm not sure if
that is necessary. As soon as the connection is made I revert to the
original configuration for guest (lock the passwd with * and give the
account /bin/false for a shell) so as to not leave an password-less
account around for too long.
Perhaps Lord Olson can give a better method which doesn't open the
guest account to the world like this. Maybe there needs to be an
.rhosts in the guest account or something like that. I never found
any documentation on this, so the above method was suggested to me
by the hotline folks.
Hope this helps.
-James
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