Bug 406566

Summary: Kbackup needs root privileges to be able to backup to removable media
Product: [Applications] kbackup Reporter: James Cain <dequire>
Component: generalAssignee: Martin Koller <martin>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description James Cain 2019-04-15 13:19:25 UTC
Trying to back up to today's portable media (MicroSD or USB) does not work with Kbackup, since root privileges are needed to write to mounted removable storage.  


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Insert USB thumb drive
2. Set up Kbackup to backup some stuff 
3. Set target as USB drive

OBSERVED RESULT

User gets an error that the destination could not be opened or written to.


EXPECTED RESULT

User gets prompted for superuser password. User's stuff gets backed up, thereby making Kbackup actually useful for using with removable media.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.4 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Martin Koller 2019-04-22 10:24:52 UTC
I guess this depends on how your portable media is mounted.
E.g. here on my openSuse Leap 15.0, using an USB drive mounted via
KDE/Solid mechanism, I can write to it as a normal user.
And since kbackup does not do the mount, this is out of scope.
Comment 2 Bug Janitor Service 2019-05-07 04:33:08 UTC
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Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2019-05-22 04:33:08 UTC
This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
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