From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!iuvax!byrd Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: VAX UNIX magtape lockout wanted Article-I.D.: iuvax.177 Posted: Wed Jul 14 15:52:03 1982 Received: Thu Jul 15 05:06:31 1982 As is well known, 4.1 bsd VAX UNIX does not protect magtapes by assigning the tape drive to one user and locking out others. As a result I get very nervous when I mount my "tar" tape, ring in so I can update it. Does anyone have a solution to this? We have a 45 ips Pertec drive, if it matters.