From: none@not.here   
      
   Dan Purgert wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   I'll rename them and try   
      
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