Hi Terry,
> Unfortunately in my running system, .config is continuously being
> updated so I get the same error.
>
> Should I restore the backup to another dirstory and then copy it over
> /home later, or will this also give me problems?
I think it's what I wrote earlier:
I'd have thought you restore the backup to a new location, getting
it as recent as you want, e.g. full plus several incrementals.
That's then the content to fill /home from scratch. The existing
/home's content gets moved aside so you can cherry-pick bits from it
later that are newer than the last incremental you restored from.
A restore doesn't get put over the top of the current; it needs to
sit underneath. That's can't be done so you start from zero, add
the restore, add current.
On a new system, create users terry and terry2. As terry2, alter
/home/terry as you see fit.
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