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Can't add my photo directory #127

Closed GFRT-tech closed 3 years ago

GFRT-tech commented 3 years ago

Make sure you are running the latest version of jotta-cli before reporting an issue.

jotta-cli release (jotta-cli version): jotta-cli version

jottad executable : /usr/bin/jottad jottad appdata : /var/lib/jottad jottad version : 0.8.36055 jotta-cli version : 0.8.36055

Description of problem: Interpreting [./Images] as [/home/user/Images] ERROR Cannot add /home/user/Images to backup: jottad does not have permission to stat the folder

Expected: I want to add my / home / user / Images directory I want to add my /media/user/drive/Takeout/Google Photos (USB Backup Drive)

jotta-cli status (jotta-cli status):

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 Account   : **************** on Jottacloud
 Usage     : 7.51GiB / 1.00TiB 
 Device    : *********************************
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 No folders added to backup yet
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OK

Relevant logs for the issue (cat ~/.jottad/jottabackup.log)

Traceback

Additional info:

Kimbsen commented 3 years ago

The jottad process needs to have have the appropriate permissions to backup files.

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