Hi,
I'm trying to use FFS to sync my Linux Mint laptop and Linux Mint desktop to a trueNAS server I've setup. I'm getting permission errors left and right.
First attempt to run the software, I get:
Cannot set directory locks for the following folders:
Cannot write file "/home/alanon/snapshots/timeshift/sync.ffs_lock".
EACCES: Permission denied [open]
So I found that if I ran FFS with admin rights (sudo FreeFileSync), I get past that error, but then get all of this:
Cannot find the following folders:
/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=truenas.local,share=d1
/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=truenas.local,share=alanon
/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=truenas.local,share=system_snapshots/Laptop
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Cannot read file attributes of "/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=truenas.local,share=d1".
EACCES: Permission denied [lstat]
Cannot read file attributes of "/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=truenas.local,share=alanon".
EACCES: Permission denied [lstat]
Cannot read file attributes of "/run/user/1000/gvfs/smb-share:server=truenas.local,share=system_snapshots/Laptop".
EACCES: Permission denied [lstat]
How do I fix both of these issues permanently?
new user and can't use FFS. Permission errors left and right.
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In normal mode, you need to obtain permissions to write the LOCK files.
In sudo mode, you need to give the "super user" permissions to access the NAS.
The first one is much more advisable.
In sudo mode, you need to give the "super user" permissions to access the NAS.
The first one is much more advisable.
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thank you for replying. Please forgive my noob status...how would I do so?
UPDATE: I think I figured it out. I needed to give my user profile in TrueNAS permissions, then give my user profile read/write permissions to the timeshift folder so I could sync backups to my TrueNAS. Thank you for the response!
UPDATE: I think I figured it out. I needed to give my user profile in TrueNAS permissions, then give my user profile read/write permissions to the timeshift folder so I could sync backups to my TrueNAS. Thank you for the response!
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Can I ask about one other thing? I want to backup my timeshift data to my NAS. I'm running into permission issues. Even when I open the terminal and sudo chmod to take ownership of the local drive/folders related to timeshift, FFS can't access the timeshift folder. Ideas? Thank you in advance!
