kimono-koans
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4 months ago Thanks for filing a bug report. I'm sorry httm isn't working as expected for you.
sudo ls /Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/ ls: /Volumes/com.apple.TimeMachine.localsnapshots/: Operation not permitted
I don't have the same permissions issue on my Macbook. I am also running 14.5 with SIP fully enabled.
You need to root cause your permissions issue before I can help. You may need to use chflags clear the user immutable flag (see nouchg). You may need to disable SIP and dtruss the execution of mkdir -p to actually know what's going on.
Possibly related - opening the native macOS TimeMachine UI to verify that TimeMachine is working (maybe it sets up some protected mounts that conflict with httm?).
Probably not, but you should investigate and report back.
Expected behavior Either TimeMachine snapshots should be mounted, or if it is possible to check if the use-case is unsupported, an error/hint to that effect should be output ("Unable to create folder for mount points - this could be due to trying to use httm with direct attached storage").
I don't think we know enough to print an error like that yet. It could just be permissions on your machine. I mean -- equine --mount-local snapshots shouldn't implicate any DAS specific issues. But I would also remove the DAS drive and simply test local TM snapshots again to make sure.
I'm trying to run this on an m2 MacBook Air, with TimeMachine on an external usb3 ssd drive. I am a little uncertain if this is what is reffered to as unsupported use-case (direct attached storage, DAS). Technically it certainly is a DAS, on the other hand I would expect httm to either fail gracefully/earlier, fail at something other than permission for creating folder for mount-points, or simiply fail quietly and horribly when/if the DAS is removed :-) ).
Note also that equine does not support DAS. See equine -h:
equine is a script to connect to the Time Machine network volume (NAS), mount
the image file, and finally, mount all APFS snapshots necessary to use with httm.
This script is not for use with Time Machines which utilize direct attached
storage (DAS).
...I'm still interested in assisting you, if making local snapshots work created for use with a DAS is something easy. Just note that because I don't have a DAS, etc., I may summarily close as unsupported.
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Before you begin
httm? Via "brew", yes. See below.httm -horman httm)? Yes.This might be the a case of unclear error message and wrong use (TimeMachine and DAS).
Describe the bug Running
sudo equine --mount-localresults in "Operation not permitted" error:To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:
sudo equine --mount-localPossibly related - opening the native macOS TimeMachine UI to verify that TimeMachine is working (maybe it sets up some protected mounts that conflict with httm?).
Expected behavior Either TimeMachine snapshots should be mounted, or if it is possible to check if the use-case is unsupported, an error/hint to that effect should be output ("Unable to create folder for mount points - this could be due to trying to use httm with direct attached storage").
Additional context I'm trying to run this on an m2 MacBook Air, with TimeMachine on an external usb3 ssd drive. I am a little uncertain if this is what is reffered to as unsupported use-case (direct attached storage, DAS). Technically it certainly is a DAS, on the other hand I would expect httm to either fail gracefully/earlier, fail at something other than permission for creating folder for mount-points, or simiply fail quietly and horribly when/if the DAS is removed :-) ).
The error is certainly consistent with the errors I can provoke manually - so I'm wondering if there's some other edge case here with MacOS version?
IE:
(Note that httm wants to make a mountpoint "emily.local" while these are "emily" (just
hostname).httmversion: 0.40.0