Re: mod Fw: Snapshot directory duplicated, permission denied

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.*****@posteo.jp <c.****teo.jp> wrote:

Hello Mark, Am 22.03.2024 16:19 schrieb Mark Johnno via Bit-dev:
Aramo and Nabia both offering BIT 1.2.1 <https://packages.trisquel.org/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=backintime-qt> > drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 20:42 /media/redacted_username/time-machine > drwxrwxrwx 5 redacted_username redacted_username 4096 Sep 3 2023 /media/redacted_username/time-machine1/ No idea how this can happen. I assume it wasn't BIT but an extern event or manipulation. The first folder can be accessed only by the user root. The second folder is open to everyone. Maybe you tried to migrate/move the snapshot settings from one machine/installation to another. And while that process you switch from root to user or the other way around? I really don't know and think we will never know. I suggest you again try to explain your current problem and we might suggest a solution. I assume you will have to make some manual work on that folders and files. BIT can't help you here.
What are the recommended permissions for /time-machine
Is this snapshot folder created by BIT running as root or by BIT running as user? I can not say for sure how BIT manipulate this values. But on my system (Debian 12) roots snapshots folder persmissions are like this: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root and in there you find the regular "backintime" folder drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 14. Sep 2023 backintime Looks the same for "user". Kind Christian

Hello Christian, Thanks for your question.
No. I've been using one machine only.
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/ $ 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
Is this snapshot folder created by BIT running as root or by BIT running as user?
How can I check? I don't remember. This backup profile was created in ~2021. Mark

On 2024-03-23 13:53 Mark Johnno via Bit-dev <bit-dev@python.org> wrote:
Sounds like a lot of possibilities where something was going "wrong". In the end we will never know. I suggest to start again from scratch with a fresh profile.

Hello Mark, Am 22.03.2024 16:19 schrieb Mark Johnno via Bit-dev:
Aramo and Nabia both offering BIT 1.2.1 <https://packages.trisquel.org/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=backintime-qt> > drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 20:42 /media/redacted_username/time-machine > drwxrwxrwx 5 redacted_username redacted_username 4096 Sep 3 2023 /media/redacted_username/time-machine1/ No idea how this can happen. I assume it wasn't BIT but an extern event or manipulation. The first folder can be accessed only by the user root. The second folder is open to everyone. Maybe you tried to migrate/move the snapshot settings from one machine/installation to another. And while that process you switch from root to user or the other way around? I really don't know and think we will never know. I suggest you again try to explain your current problem and we might suggest a solution. I assume you will have to make some manual work on that folders and files. BIT can't help you here.
What are the recommended permissions for /time-machine
Is this snapshot folder created by BIT running as root or by BIT running as user? I can not say for sure how BIT manipulate this values. But on my system (Debian 12) roots snapshots folder persmissions are like this: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root and in there you find the regular "backintime" folder drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 14. Sep 2023 backintime Looks the same for "user". Kind Christian

Hello Christian, Thanks for your question.
No. I've been using one machine only.
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/ $ 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
Is this snapshot folder created by BIT running as root or by BIT running as user?
How can I check? I don't remember. This backup profile was created in ~2021. Mark

On 2024-03-23 13:53 Mark Johnno via Bit-dev <bit-dev@python.org> wrote:
Sounds like a lot of possibilities where something was going "wrong". In the end we will never know. I suggest to start again from scratch with a fresh profile.
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