I think this should be fixed with 42.2, which now looks at /etc/fatal and mounts the target drive if necessary.
** Changed in: deja-dup Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- 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/1351025 Title: "Error setting permissions: Operation not permitted" during backup Status in Déjà Dup: Fix Released Status in deja-dup package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: directory selection to backup /home /etc/tools directories to be ignored Trash ~/Telechargements (using french version) should be something like ~/Downloads ? backup destination set up to local directory /mnt/home-usb-hd/ubuntu_backup : this is an external usb hard disk /mnt$ ls -l total 36 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 mai 15 22:27 home-smb-hd drwxrwxrwx 23 root root 32768 janv. 1 1970 home-usb-hd hard disk is mounted at startup withing /etc/fstab # External USB drive UUID=18F5-2038 /mnt/home-usb-hd vfat user,auto,fmask=0111,dmask=0000 after boot /mnt/home-usb-hd can be browsed, and using a term i'm able to create files using command like cat > hello.txt /mnt/home-usb-hd/ubuntu_backup also exists schedule : each week keep at least 6 months ------ $ lsb_release -d Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS $ dpkg-query -W deja-dup duplicity deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4 duplicity 0.6.23-1ubuntu4.1 $ gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.DejaDup > /tmp/deja-dup.gsettings ludovic@ludovic-Inspiron-One-2310:~$ cat gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.DejaDup > /tmp/deja-dup.gsettings cat: gsettings: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type cat: list-recursively: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type cat: org.gnome.DejaDup: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type oops... something is missing ? running DEJA_DUP_DEBUG=1 deja-dup --backup | tail -n 1000 > /tmp/deja-dup.log reproduced bug $ ls -l total 52 -rw-rw-r-- 1 ludovic ludovic 0 juil. 31 21:38 deja-dup.gsettings -rw-rw-r-- 1 ludovic ludovic 38336 juil. 31 21:48 deja-dup.log drwx------ 2 ludovic ludovic 4096 janv. 1 1970 orbit-ludovic drwx------ 3 ludovic ludovic 4096 juil. 31 21:39 sni-qt_spotify_6779-BcqifS drwx------ 2 ludovic ludovic 4096 juil. 31 19:27 ssh-DTvCOBjq2jSq -rw-rw-r-- 1 ludovic ludovic 0 juil. 31 19:27 unity_support_test.0 /tmp/deja-dup.log will be added to this report cd /mnt/home-usb-hd/ubuntu_backup; ls -ltr -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 42134104 juil. 25 17:43 duplicity-inc.20140718T210903Z.to.20140725T153906Z.vol17.difftar.gpg -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9972670 juil. 25 17:43 duplicity-new-signatures.20140718T210903Z.to.20140725T153906Z.sigtar.gpg -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 990 juil. 25 17:43 duplicity-inc.20140718T210903Z.to.20140725T153906Z.manifest.gpg -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 2 juil. 31 19:50 test.txt -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10527973 juil. 31 21:47 duplicity-inc.20140725T153906Z.to.20140731T194554Z.vol1.difftar.gpg To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1351025/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp