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backintime package

Can't write to backup drive

Asked by David Rhoderick

I want to use BackInTime because it will allow two backups, which I need for backing up my server and a file archive using the same machine. I have a backup drive attached with the ext4 filesystem (I couldn't find any information for what is ideal) and I am backing up an lvm partition.

I enter all the information, keeping mostly the defaults but try to back up the whole hard drive to the external hard drive. When I click OK, it says "Can't write to [hard drive]: Are you sure you have permissions?" I even changed all permissions on that partition using chmod to 777 recursively and that didn't work.

All I'm trying to do is create a simple, local backup. Is this possible? I don't mind running it as root but I need to know what steps I need to take so I can set this up?

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David Rhoderick (c-aavid-9) said : 		#1

I reformatted my drive to NTSF and that resolved the issue.

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Germar (germar) said : 		#2

You should rather stay with EXT filesystem. Just make sure your user has owns the folder on that drive and has write permissions and you should be fine.