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Remove the function `tools.syncfs()` and its unit test. It was used in `shutdown()` only. Shutodwn cause an unmount which itself cause synfs on OS level. No need for BIT to...

buhtz

# Introduction Welcome to the project, if you pick up this Issue because of the "GOOD FIRST USE" label. You will be mentored through the process if you want. First...

buhtz

Permanent system tray icon (not only when taking a snapshot)

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@Anard requested this feature in another unrelated issue so I have added it as new feature request I would like to have access to BackInTime in systray even if it's...

aryoda

Replace isipv6 method with builtin package

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Closes #1686 - Removed `isIPv6Address()` function and related tests - Using `ipaddress` package directly in the `escapeIPv6Address` function

jarbhav

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/backintime.lock'

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Hello, I have a problem with the lock file. First the backup of my user is executed and then always the backup of the root account. The backup of the...

khaeusler

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/d33f35e10b4c3027b3b12881152c157eb1b2cc8c/common/snapshots.py#L1140 The field "filesystem_mounts" (and also "snapshot_version") is written into the "info" file of each backup. It is never used anywhere (checked via grep). - Remove that field. - Remove...

buhtz

https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/d33f35e10b4c3027b3b12881152c157eb1b2cc8c/common/tools.py#L1539-L1547 I vote to remove that function because there is no appropriated use case for it. It simply execute `sync` on the shell to make sure the file system is...

buhtz

Check for required dependencies in makefile(s)

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While the build and run-time dependencies are documented in [REAMDE](https://github.com/bit-team/backintime#from-sources) of this Github repo they will not be checked in the configured makefiles (`common/makefile` and `qt/makefile`). It would be great...

aryoda

Persistent tray icon indicate backup and auth failures (was: [request/query]: Log failed auth attempts for remote profiles)

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This came up a couple of days ago. Some time ago, I changed my ssh keys on my machine and while I updated all the public keys I remembered, I...

kortschak

Permissions error on SSH remote

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Automatic backups now fail because the remote user doesn't have write access to the _parent_ of the snapshots folder. For instance, if the remote directory is `/mnt/disk` and snapshots are...

kc9jud