From: none@not.here   
      
   Felix wrote:   
   > Gordon wrote:   
   >> On 2025-11-16, Felix  wrote:   
   >>> 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?   
   >> cd /media/peter/Timeshift Disk/ then ls -la   
   >   
   > https://auslink.info/linux/terminal.png   ???   
      
   did it now..   
      
   peter@ASUS:~$ cd "/media/peter/Timeshift Disk/"   
   peter@ASUS:/media/peter/Timeshift Disk$ ls -la   
   total 44   
   drwx------  8 peter peter  4096 Nov  9 10:27  .   
   drwxr-x---+ 3 root  root   4096 Nov 16 10:55  ..   
   drwxrwxr-x  2 peter peter  4096 Nov 16 11:26  Backups   
   drwxrwxr-x  7 peter peter  4096 Nov  9 10:28 'Deja Dup'   
   drwx------  2 root  root  16384 Sep 30 12:11  lost+found   
   drwxrwxr-x  2 peter peter  4096 Nov 11 09:10 'Red Notebook Backups'   
   drwxr-xr-x  9 root  root   4096 Nov 15 17:08  timeshift   
   drwx------  5 peter peter  4096 Oct  6 16:05  .Trash-1000   
   peter@ASUS:/media/peter/Timeshift Disk$   
      
      
   >   
   >>   
   >> You might need a turtorial on permissions to get a complete   
   >> understanding.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>> Is the automatic dejadup process running with the same user as the   
   >>>> target directory owner?   
   >>>>   
   >>> yes   
   >>>   
   >   
   >   
      
      
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