Hello Christian and all,
Thank you for the questions.
> Might it be that you used an older BIT than 1.2.1 before? Or another
Ubuntu version?
I don't remember what was the version of BiT on my system before I upgraded. I
was on Trisquel Nabia, based on Ubuntu 20.04; now I am on
Trisquel Aramo, based on Ubuntu 22.04.
> Or you used that SSD on another machine, too?
No. I use this SSD to back up one BiT profile (from one machine only).
> Compare the permissions, user- and group names you via "ls -ld"
$ ls -ld /media/redacted_username/time-machine
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 20:42 /media/redacted_username/time-machine
$ ls -ld /media/redacted_username/time-machine1/
drwxrwxrwx 5 redacted_username redacted_username 4096 Sep 3 2023 /media/redacted_username/time-machine1/
Any clue on why a duplicate was created?
What are the recommended permissions for /time-machine
Mark.
On Thursday, March 7th, 2024 at 3:59 PM, c.*****(a)posteo.jp <c.****teo.jp> wrote:
> Dear Johnno,
>
> bit-dev admin here.
>
> Thanks for your message. I checked on my site and can confirm that you
> are a member of the mailing list.
>
> But there is no held message from you because you didn't sent to the
> list itself ("bit-dev(a)python.org") but to "bit-dev-join(a)python.org". The
> latter is only for subscribing and other commands.
> Send again to "bit-dev(a)python.org" please and it should work.
>
> Regarding to your original message. Your version of BIT (1.2.1) is quit
> outdated and very old. It is the same with Ubuntu 20. Be aware that
> Canonical use the term "LTS" for marketing reasons. Ubuntu LTS is not
> that LTS and stable as you might think. If you need something stable you
> could stick to "Debian stable".
>
> Might it be that you used an older BIT than 1.2.1 before? Or another
> Ubuntu version?
>
> Or you used that SSD on another machine, too?
>
> Compare the permissions, user- and group names you via "ls -ld"
>
> $ ls -ld /media/redactedusername/time-machine1
> $ ls -ld /media/redactedusername/time-machine
>
> I am not aware of a change that could cause that behavior. But I am not
> into all details of BIT.
>
> I suggest to make a manual backup of that folders. And then modify the
> folder permissions.
>
> Thanks Christian
>
> Am 07.03.2024 13:56 schrieb Mark Johnno:
>
> > Hello BiT contributor,
> >
> > I sent a message a week ago which I think was not approved (yet) - see
> > below.
> >
> > Is there something wrong with the message?
> >
> > Thanks for reading my mail.
> > Mark.
> >
> > > ------- Forwarded Message -------
> > > From: Mark Johnno lua8ds(a)proton.me
> > >
> > > Date: On Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 at 6:39 PM
> > > Subject: Snapshot directory duplicated, permission denied
> > > To: bit-dev-join(a)python.org bit-dev-join(a)python.org
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > The directory where snapshots live was duplicated - coincidentally that is the first time I plug my external SSD (where snapshots live) to my computer after an upgrade from Trisquel Nabia 10.0 (based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)) to Aramo 11.0 (Jammy Jellyfish).
> > > >
> > > > This is the usual path to BiT on the external SSD:
> > > > /media/redactedusername/time-machine/backintime/
> > > >
> > > > This is the duplicated path:
> > > > /media/redactedusername/time-machine1/backintime/
> > > >
> > > > $ backintime backup
> > > >
> > > > Back In Time
> > > > Version: 1.2.1
> > > >
> > > > Back In Time comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> > > > This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> > > > under certain conditions; type `backintime --license' for details.
> > > >
> > > > INFO: Lock
> > > > INFO: Take a new snapshot. Profile: 1 Main profile
> > > > ERROR: /media/redactedusername/time-machine/backintime/x220/redactedusername/1 does not exist
> > > > notify-send -t 30000 Back In Time () : Main profile Can't find snapshots folder. If it is on a removable drive please plug it. Waiting 30 seconds.
> > > > ERROR: /media/redactedusername/time-machine/backintime/x220/redactedusername/1 does not exist
> > > > [...]
> > > > WARNING: Can't find snapshots folder!
> > > > INFO: Unlock
> > > >
> > > > I can list all the snapshots of the duplicated directory:
> > > > $ ls /media/redactedusername/time-machine1/backintime/x220/redactedusername/1/
> > > > Display all 586 possibilities?
> > > >
> > > > I do not have permission to list:
> > > > $ ls /media/redactedusername/time-machine/
> > > > ls: cannot open directory '/media/redactedusername/time-machine/': Permission denied
> > > >
> > > > Has something changed with the version of BiT distributed with Jammy Jellyfish from the one available with Focal Fossa? I am wondering whether I should update the permission of /media/redactedusername/time-machine/ but I am also wondering why a duplicate /media/redactedusername/time-machine1/ was created. This duplicate confuses me - I am not sure what to do.
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be welcomed.
> > > >
> > > > Joh.
