From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-11-16, Felix wrote:   
   > 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$   
      
   OK, so the "Deja Dup" directory is owned by you.   
      
   I'd put a tenner on the problem being spaces in the directory names   
   "timeshift disk" and "deja dup" being the cause.   
      
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