* The two exceptions are Evolution Calendar and Sticky Notes. I keep all my user data on separate data drives with two exceptions.* My boot drive/partitions get backed up with Rescuezilla imaging. That's rarely, if ever, a problem for me since I do not backup any part of my boot drive/partition (depending on the computer), including /home, using FreeFileSync. It is not available by default for FreeFileSync, and user should write it if he wants to use "pkexec" with FreeFileSync (see "man pkexec").Ī trick allows to create a "gksudo" alias, based on "pkexec", with a default PolicyKit authorization check if the ".bash_aliases" file exists in your home, if not create it then with your favorite text editor (Xed for me) copy the following line at the end of the file (or at its beginning if file is empty): Today, the command to use is "pkexec", but it works only for programs for which a PolicyKit authorization is available. Formerly, GUI programs could be launched with superuser privileges with the "gksudo" command, now deprecated and no longer available.
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It is a "tar.gz" file once downloaded I decompress it and I execute the installation program (with ".run" extension) I choose to install it in the opt directory in my home.
I use FreeFileSync for Linux downloaded from download page.
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So, how to launch FreeFileSync with superuser privileges? Superuser privileges are mandatory in order to save files with their permissions.īut FreeFileSync flatpak has a strong limitation: as a flatpak, it cannot access files in directories or subdirectories having "var" or ".var" in their path, except its own ones.Īs a consequence, it will not back up the content of any flatpak application profile, since these profiles are stored in your "/home/ username/.var/app".Īs an example, if you use Thunderbird flatpak, all your mails are archived in "/home/ username/.var/app/" and CANNOT be backed up. When FreeFileSync flatpak is installed in the system (default option), it is launched with superuser privileges, without the need to add "sudo" at the beginning of the command line.
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