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   Message 29,723 of 30,566   
   Mike Easter to Felix   
   Re: Best Backup tool for Home Directory   
   16 Nov 25 22:51:31   
   
   From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Felix wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>>   
   >> The other thing you can do graphically w/ your file manager is to use   
   >> it to navigate to File System/ media/ and then pick that Timeshift   
   >> disk and R click it to get a function that has a Permissions tab.   
   >>   
   >   
   > it's saying I'm not the owner.   
   >   
   > https://auslink.info/linux/tmdisk.png   
   >   
   What I'm going to say about that ownership problem is not 'good advice',   
   but I mention it because you indicated earlier that you prefer to do   
   things w/ a GUI if possible, and so do I.   
      
   You are *supposed to* fix these kind of problems/conditions w/ the   
   command line, but it /can/ be done graphically if you choose to act   
   against the good advice.   
      
   You can use your file manager graphically in a 'root' or su condition   
   and change the permissions.  I'm assuming that your fm is Nemo in Cinnamon.   
      
   If you navigate to that disk and R click in Nemo you can open the dir as   
   root by giving authentication. Then you can change the permissions   
   graphically w/ the elevated privileges.   
      
   'They say' you aren't supposed to do that and the proper instructions   
   are commandline chown.   
      
      
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
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