From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2018-06-16 11:40, conrrrod@gmail.com wrote:   
   > I have installed a compatible SCSI tape drive.   
   > modinfo st  and  lsscsi show that the driver is working.   
   > But if I do:   
   >  mt -f /dev/st0 status   
   > it complains   
   >  /dev/st0: Permission denied   
   > So I read in some RHEL forum that one needs:   
   >  mknod -m 666 /dev/st0 c 9 0   
   > and this will enable user access rw-rw-rw-   
   > However, mknod complains   
   >  mknod: `/dev/st0': File exists   
   >   
   > So what must I do? Perhaps edit some arcane configuration file?   
      
   *change* the permissions of the file, not try to create it again.   
      
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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