[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
Hello! Sorry for not being involved in this thread earlier. I bet I know what's going on. It's because it's running duplicity as root, and root doesn't have easy access to your nautilus mount. If you instead restored to a new folder as your user, it would work fine I bet. This is certainly a bug... But I'll have to think about how best to fix it. ** Also affects: deja-dup Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Summary changed: - Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup + Can't restore from remote server after prompt for root password ** Changed in: deja-dup Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: deja-dup Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929139 Title: Can't restore from remote server after prompt for root password To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/929139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
Hi Gary, My experience is to long ago to suggest now a more specific program. Except tar, I remember dump / restore, cp, dd and cpio. Regards, Wouter -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929139 Title: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/929139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
Hi Wouter, Thanks for this. What would you suggest as the more specific program? Also, I'm unsure as to whether trying to restore an entire filesystem would cause issues while on the actual machine - surely the kernel files/drivers etc would get over-written as the machine was doing the restore. Would this cause it to become 'broke' as a result of such critical files getting written at the same time as they were in use? You'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge in this area only I've never needed to backup/restore before and it was something I felt I should learn more about. Perhaps this scenario is why I saw the lockup of the machine last night - is this down to me misunderstanding the process and what is involved? Perhaps the keyboard and touchpad became unresponsive as the driver files were being restored? I've no idea. THank you again. Regards Gary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929139 Title: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/929139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
For backing up and restoring trivial data, especially user home directories, Deja dup is (indeed) a good alternative. The restore problem which I have/had from NAS to the (external) usb disk is a permission problem, which I noticed too with other rsync programs and the command-line rsync. I share the usb disk (documents and pictures) with Windows 7 (dual boot Ubuntu and Windows). In case of a hard problem of the Linux OS, I prefer to reinstall Ubuntu and restore from NAS the user home directory. For an image of the entire linux file-system use a more specific program. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929139 Title: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/929139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
Thanks for the workaround Wouter. I had to modify it slightly to: sudo mount -t cifs //NAS/Backup /mnt/NAS/ -o user=your-uid,passwd=your- password,uid=1000 This was because: [a] mount.cifs was not recognised, and; [b] I couldn't get control of the /mnt/NAS/ directory so had to tell it who I was (uid=1000) While this allowed me to get beyond my original issue (and I did see the restore start to take place) I kept getting another issue when it was attempting to restore .ko files. I tried 4 times to do the restore and each time it failed at a .ko file. The first three times it was at the same .ko file. The fourth time it was another (I don't remember the exact names and for reasons that will become apparent in a moment I was unable to get any screenshots). When the problem occurred the machine 'locked up'; the keyboard stopped working as did the touchpad and touchpad buttons. Then the num-lock and scroll-lock lights flashed continuosly. Unsure of what was going on I left the laptop in this state for over 15 minutes/20 minutes/25 minutes and finally half and hour. It never recovered on any attempt and no further restore progress was made. On each occassion I was forced to power the machine off (not something I like doing but the machine was completely unresponsive due to the lack of keyboard/mouse controll). I couldn't even break out of X. On the fourth such power off the machine was left in a corrupted state and would no longer boot (I am unsure if this is as a direct result of removing the power or because of a partial restore). The machine got past BIOS and then I had a black screen with the num-lock and scroll-lock lights flashing on and off again. I am now in the process of rebuilding that particular laptop. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the machine in question is a experimental machine for trying things out that I wouldn't like to do on my main machine. To this end it has served its purpose well. Given the issues with Deja Dup I won't be using it as my backup program. I am very sorry I cannot provide you with more details about the .ko files it stopped at but due to the time involved in rebuilding the machine I won't be able to repeat the exercise. Perhaps Deja Dup is good at restoring some folders and files but not the entire filesystem - perhaps that is why I have had this experience? Regards Gary. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929139 Title: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/929139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
I have the same error message after restore missing files (Ubuntu 11.10): "Restore Failed: Connection failed, please check your password: Failed to mount Windows Share" My (temporary?) work-around is: Mount the Backup (NAS) directory to /mnt (sudo mount.cifs //NAS/Backup /mnt/NAS/ -o user= your-uid,passwd=your-password In Deja-dup (aka backup) Storage/Backup location = Local Folder (instead of Windows Share) and Choose folder = /mnt/NAS/Backup Restore Missing files from my NAS to the external usb disk (/media/usb) now succeeded (with admin passwd) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929139 Title: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/929139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: deja-dup (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/929139 Title: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/deja-dup/+bug/929139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 929139] Re: Cannot restore backup from NAS using Deja Dup
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