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From(Joonwoo Nam)
SubjectRe: remote dump error messages
DateSun, 16 Feb 1997 16:50:11 -0500 (EST)
> I can't seem to get dump to work properly on remote systems.  Below
> are the errors. Any ideas about this are welcome. 
> 
> [root@pokie /root]# dump f elsie:/tmp/dump.file /home4/sen1/fprogs
>   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Mon Feb 17 15:26:38 1997
>   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
>   DUMP: Dumping /dev/sdb1 (/home4) to /tmp/dump.file on host elsie
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
>   DUMP: estimated 101 tape blocks on 0.00 tape(s).
>   DUMP: Protocol to remote tape server botched (code "bash: rmt: command
> not found").
> rdump: Lost connection to remote host.
>   DUMP: Bad return code from dump: 1
> 
> Does anyone on this list use dump for remote backups to Linux boxes? If
> so, what version of Linux, dump, etc. are you using?
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -sen

  1. dump expects root shell of remote tape server(elsie) as /bin/csh.
  2. Check out elsie's '/root/.rhosts' contains pokie.
  3. Also check out /etc/rmt is softlinked to /sbin/rmt at elsie.

  Joonwoo


-- 
Joonwoo Nam
MAGNUMS(MAssachusetts Group for NUMerical analysis of Semiconductors)
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMASS at Amherst
e-mail:nam@nazgul.ecs.umass.edu / work:413-545-4762 / fax:413-545-4611
http://khushi.ecs.umass.edu/~nam

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