Re: [Duplicity-talk] Problem with profile

[Joe]

I found the solution. The behavior of sudo changed with an Ubuntu update.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1186999/how-does-sudo-handle-home-differently-since-19-10

Running

sudo --preserve-env=HOME duply MyProfile backup

or

sudo -E duply MyProfile backup

Am 04.03.23 um 08:29 schrieb Joe via Duplicity-talk:
> Hello,
> I have a problem and hope you can help me.
>
> I have been using duply for a while now, but some weeks ago I had
> to update my Linux Mint and in that process it seems
> that also duply / duplicity were upgraded to duply v2.3.1 / duplicity 
> 0.8.21
>
> The profiles are located in my normal user account in
> /home/username/.duply/MyProfile
>
> where MyProfile belongs to root and has 700 permissions
>
> When I want to create a backup I will run
>
> sudo duply MyProfile backup
>
> which has been working like a charm for years now.
>
> Since the update I get the message
>
> Sorry. A fatal ERROR occured:
>
> Selected profile 'MyProfile' does not resolve to a profile folder in
> '/root/.duply/MyProfile'.
>
> sudo echo $HOME
> points to
> /home/username
>
> I have no clue what has changed and why the profiles are not found.
>
> Can someone help me with this?
>
> Kind regards,
> Markus
>
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