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|    Felix to Dan Purgert    |
|    Re: Best Backup tool for Home Directory    |
|    16 Nov 25 12:24:34    |
      From: none@not.here              Dan Purgert wrote:       > On 2025-11-16, Felix wrote:       >> I have all my personal files in folders in the Home directory in the LM       >> folders ie. Documents, Pictures, etc., and also in folders I've created.       >> I want to backup everything in the Home Directory, and I've started       >> using DejaDup. I have configured it to use an internal drive I use for       >> Timeshift Snapshots, but auto backups fail. I get a message 'access       >> denied', so I have to do manual backups. Could this be because the       >> Timeshift drive is not mounted? What would be the best solution? Should       >> I use some other program, if so which is the best and does auto backups?       >> I only want to use GUI apps, I don't want to have to use the terminal.       >> Thanks,       > What's the target directory / partition of these "automatic" dejadup       > backups?              /media/peter/Timeshift Disk/Deja Dup              >       > Who owns it? What're its permissions?              how/where do I find that?              >       > Is the automatic dejadup process running with the same user as the       > target directory owner?       >              yes              --       Linux Mint 22.2              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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