From: none@not.here   
      
   Felix wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
      
   you won the bet! :) problem solved. at least with DejaDup   
      
   --   
   Linux Mint 22.2   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)