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I've confirmed that it is indeed FreeFileSync that cannot write to three confirmed working drives due to the .smbcredentials access problem. They are all BitLocker encrypted, if that makes any difference, but it's natively supported by Ubuntu. Anyone had an issue like this or think they know what ...

Update: It appears it could simply be a failing drive. I'll report back if not, but that seems a plausible explanation.

Other (failed) workarounds tried:
• Installing FFS for single user (vs all users)
• Running FFS as root - While there's no error message about not being able to read .smbcredentials, the password-protected drive becomes instantly read-only upon Syncronization and the process fails.

I'm a donating user and I've been using FreeFileSync for many years, first on Windows and now on both Windows and Ubuntu Linux. I love the program, but it just quick working for my particular situation. I wanted to report this and see if there is a solution or if I've found a bug.

My setup:
I'm ...