Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide

DUMP: Cannot open dump device `/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1': Permission denied

Cause

When using ufsdump(1M) as user sys (UID 3) on a disk drive in a SSA, the ufsdump(1M) command fails with the message.

Action

The permissions on the ssd 'instance path' for disk in an SSA are created with 600 permissions. They should be 0640 for a non-root user to be able to read them. For example,


# ls -lL /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1
crw-------   1 root     sys      192,241 Jul 10  1996 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1
Change it so it reads:

crw-r-----   1 root     sys      192,241 Jul 10  1996 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s1
You might also want to add the following line

	ssd:* 0640 root sys   
to the /etc/minor_perm file, so subsequently added arrays do not have the same problem.