[flexbackup-help] problems with $device variable

[Petr V. <pv...@bo...>]

Hi,

I tried to run flexbackup on one of our machine but did not get much far :-( 
The problem seems to be that if I set the variable $device to '/dev/nst0' it does not accept it and returns following error:

flexbackup version 1.0.1 (http://flexbackup.sourceforge.net)
/etc/flexbackup.conf syntax OK


Errors:
 $device must be set to a directory, a local device, or a remote device

This happens even if I override the setting in flexbackup.conf by command line switch. 

I am almost positive that the device is working as I am using it for backup regularly and 'mt -f /dev/nst0 stastus' output is:

SCSI 2 tape drive:
File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x26 (DDS-4 or QIC-4GB).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
 BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN

which indicates that the device is up and alive.
I am running Mandrake 9.0, 
mt-st v. 0.7
perl v5.8.0

the /dev/nst0 is sym-link to /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/mtn

The tape is HP DAT40i connected to Adaptec 2930U.

As I am not a Perl expert I am not entirely sure what to look for. 
Any suggestions very welcome. 
Cheers,
Petr Voles