Dear Anton, I am using sbackup as root, because I want to have regular scheduled backups and that has not been possible with "normal" user access.
Specifically, nothing has changed in my directory structures at all, the only change being from 12.10 to 13.04. All my folder names are alphabetical or alpha-numeric without spaces or "odd" characters. My external destination backup drive is the same one as I have been using for the past 3 or 4 years, always with sBackup (I did try deja dup for a bit, but decided it was hopeless when it came time to restore files, so reverted to sbackup), and basically the same sbackup configuration file, although I have re-built it when I have installed a new distro release. Can you tell me the exact path and filename for the sbackup configuration file, please? Perhaps I can restore it from an earlier archive, and use it in place of the one which the current installation prevents from being configured. Regards and thanks, -- Roger McCowan Mob: 0439 711 381 -----Original Message----- From: Anton <[email protected]> Reply-to: Bug 1179080 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [Bug 1179080] Re: sBackup unable to be configured for external media destination Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 07:02:39 -0000 Dear Roger, Are you using sbackup as root (super-user) or as (regular) user? Are there any special (non alphabetical) characters in your directory name(s)? Could you check if you can set the desired local backup target using the configuration file (/etc/sbackup.conf for root, or ~/.config/sbackup/sbackup.conf for user)? Look for a line that says 'target = ' and add the target directory after the equal sign (I believe a space between equal sign and directory name is required). Best, Anton. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Simple Backup Maintainers, which is subscribed to sbackup. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1179080 Title: sBackup unable to be configured for external media destination To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sbackup/+bug/1179080/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nssbackup-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
