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I'm trying to backup my files to an external hard drive connected to another computer on the network. I installed sshfs in order to make the drive visible to applications performing as root (like MintBackup). However, when I try to backup the files, I get "Permission denied". I've checked the permissions a zillion times. MintBackup has permission to write. How do I complete my backup? As of right now, my laptop has NO way to backup files because of this!
MintBackup Permission Denied
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MintBackup Permission Denied
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Re: MintBackup Permission Denied
Have you tried another backup program? I use luckybackup, which is essentially a fancy front-end for rsync. You could always craft a beautiful rsync script for yourself and run that every time you get paranoid about data loss.
Failing that (or you really want to use mint's backup), is there a specific error you could copy/paste for us to investigate?
Failing that (or you really want to use mint's backup), is there a specific error you could copy/paste for us to investigate?
Re: MintBackup Permission Denied
Samba setting for the remote drive must have Write enabled, and the drive in question must have write by others enabled.
Re: MintBackup Permission Denied
Have you solved your issue? If so, please mark the title as SOLVED and tell how it's done so others can use your hints.
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Re: MintBackup Permission Denied
It isn't fancy but unless you absolutely need to retain old backups (I don't) you can just keep it mirrored like so. Just mount the network share to your laptop. I have a pair of these type scripts running every 30 minutes via cron. Backing up home to 2 separate usb flash drives.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=3969 good place to go if you looking for full system backups.
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#!/bin/bash
#Backup To USB HDD
#Tadaen Sylvermane
#Last Edit 2014/1/21
#Variables#
BACKUP=/path/to/network/backup/location
SOURCE=/path/to/stuff/you/want/to/backup
#####Begin Script#####
rsync -ru --delete $SOURCE $BACKUP
#####End Script#####