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Unable to connect to a Remote Tape Drive (DDS-2)

807559Mar 30 2001 — edited Apr 6 2001

I am very new to Solaris and have inherited a mix of SUN machines. My problem is our DDS-2 tape drive is connected to an Ultra 60 with Solaris 2.7 installed. Several of our SPARC 5's running Solaris 2.5.1 need to access the tape via the network but can't. The netwok is fine, as I can ping, rsh, telnet and ftp into any combination of the systems.

My specific problem is installing programs accross the net. Once I copy the installation executable to the Sparc to be loaded and execute it, the program asks, "Is the tape drive you will be using for the install attached locally (Y/N)?" I answer N (No). It then asks for the IP or Host name of the remote host. After I enter the IP address or Host name, I get "Permission denied on host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".

Why am I denied permission when I can do all the other Network functions. Aside from the /etc/default/login, /etc/hosts.equiv and /etc/inetd.conf, what other files should I check?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Gary

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