Re: Accessing remote tape drive

Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Cosmo Lee wrote: > > > > Dianne Pendleton wrote: > > > > > > I have used host:/dev/rmt/0m syntax with ontape in OnLine versions 5 and 7 > > > many times. It sometimes runs a little slower but it works. > > > > > Did you do anything more than to set TAPEDEV to host:/dev/rmt/Om??? I > > tried this, but it doesn't work for me. Is there something more??? > > The machine that is accessing the remote tape drive should be a > 'trusted' host on the machine that contains the tape drive. > See the files '.rhosts' or '/etc/hosts.equiv'. > I tried the .rhosts route, but it didn't work for me. I'm guessing that the problem might me that the users "informix" don't have the same UID on each machine, so that's my task to fix tomorrow. > > email: cosmo@echonyc.com "JUST SAY 'NO' TO SPAM" > > I just say 'NO' to editing people's Email address. :-) > Heck, eat all the pork peckers you want, if that's what you're in to! %-} -- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ADDRESS ALTERED TO FOIL SPAMMERS: Remove "*NO-SPAM*" to reply. Cosmo Lee Multi-User Computer Systems Brooklyn, NY email: cosmo@echonyc.com "JUST SAY 'NO' TO SPAM" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *