[SLUG] Using tar with a tape drive.

From: Brett Simpson (Simpsonb@hillsboroughcounty.org)
Date: Wed Dec 12 2001 - 10:35:44 EST

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Is there a way to use tar with a tape drive as an unprivileged user? As root I can do a backup using "tar -vclpf /dev/st0 /export/data" and a restore using "tar -vxpf /dev/st0". The goal is to be able to do a restore or backup as non-root but to not be able to overwrite any files that a non privileged user wouldn't have rights to. So I don't want to make tar setuid. Maybe set broader rights to /dev/st0?

Brett Simpson
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