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|    Paul to All    |
|    Re: Best Backup tool for Home Directory    |
|    17 Nov 25 21:39:09    |
      From: nospam@needed.invalid              On Mon, 11/17/2025 7:53 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:       > On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:02:23 +1100, Felix wrote:       >       >> the question in my mind is WHY am I not the owner?       >       > Given, from the previous screenshot, that the owner shows as root, it       > seems likely you created that directory as root.       >              "Root" can be evidence of a mount point, where the item       is not mounted, and the mount point is showing through.       with any luck, you can't write to the raw mount point       and deceive yourself as to where the files are actually going :-)              Been there and bought the tshirt.               Paul              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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