Skip "saving permissions" when backing up from a filesystem without Unix permissions

[MPvHarmelen]

It would be nice to be able to disable the save permissions step, as it takes quite long and does not back up anything useful when the data to be backed up is on an NTFS partition. Preferably in the configuration somewhere, but disabling it automatically when backing up from a filesystem that does not support Unix permissions would also seem like an option.

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/af5b16585f98486aab573a50c60a1e8cf224c8ae/common/snapshots.py#L876

[buhtz]

@MPvHarmelen There is a new forming maintaining team and we do review all issues. Is this problem still relevant for you, can you reproduce it with a newer or the latest release? Did you find a solution?

Tag: Feedback, Feature, Discussion

Not sure if this is possible and usefull.

[MPvHarmelen]

Hi! I don't have this use-case any more, so I don't know whether it's still reproducible in the latest release. I never found a solution or workaround.

[emtiu]

Thanks for reporting back. I think we might keep this as a feature request, there's some neccessary changes to be made to the permissions handling anyway.

[protist]

FWIW I would also find this useful, e.g. when backing up a full system as root, there is no need for another file with an explicit list of permissions.