I'm also not convinced that running as root would be advisable. I think the question here is why the situation changed from 11.10 to 12.04. I suspect the problem is not actually with Déjà Dup, but with a change in permissions with how diverse files are generated. I would have preferred to file this as a system bug, but the only clear module to report against was the backup utilities.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to deja-dup in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1016012 Title: Backup (Déjà Dup) needs to run with root permissions in Precise Status in “deja-dup” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Backup with Déjà Dup fails on numerous files due to r/w permissions for root only (600). It appears that starting with Precise (12.04) many systm files have changed permissions from earlier releases. Backup is no longer effective unless run with root permissions. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/1016012/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
