Unable to back-up to external USB drive using LuckyBackUp. This has worked with other linux distros without any extra intervention by me. I get the following error with several variations:
I do not know how to get the permissions to get this to work. I run my machine as "administrator." The user is "root" and group is "root" on the external drive. I am confused on how to proceed by what I find online. It seems that I need to edit the rsync file somehow? I need some detail for resolving this since this is a new problem for me. Thank you.
hermie
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Hi Hermie. I can't say I'm familiar with LuckyBackUp, never even heard of it.
At a guess I would say it to do with UNIX style permissions. What filesystem are you using on your backup drive?
Try to change ownership (recursively) on your backup drive to match the user you backup as (e.g. administrator). You can do it using dolphin, but you need root permission. So I find using terminal easier (press F12 or open Konsole):
Unable to back-up to external USB drive using LuckyBackUp. This has worked with other linux distros without any extra intervention by me. I get the following error with several variations:
I do not know how to get the permissions to get this to work. I run my machine as "administrator." The user is "root" and group is "root" on the external drive. I am confused on how to proceed by what I find online. It seems that I need to edit the rsync file somehow? I need some detail for resolving this since this is a new problem for me. Thank you.
hermie
Hi Hermie. I can't say I'm familiar with LuckyBackUp, never even heard of it.
At a guess I would say it to do with UNIX style permissions. What filesystem are you using on your backup drive?
Try to change ownership (recursively) on your backup drive to match the user you backup as (e.g. administrator). You can do it using dolphin, but you need root permission. So I find using terminal easier (press F12 or open Konsole):
...changing USB_BACKUP to the name of your drives mountpoint
This should make administrator own the entire backup drive and your permission denied should go away.
Euan:
I did as you indicated and it worked without a hitch. Thank you very much.
hermie