> rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/Seagate > rsync: mkdir "/media/bmike1/Seagate" failed: Permission denied (13) Mike, this suggests that whatever user is login in to the remote box doesn't have the rights to 'mkdir /media/bmike1/Seagate' Login to that box with that user and run that mkdir. If it fails (and most likely will), you know what the problem is. Being that the problem, there is a wide array of options to overcome it. ET Michael writes: > rsync -aWuq --delete-before /home/bmike1/Documents /media/bmike1/Seagate > rsync: mkdir "/media/bmike1/Seagate" failed: Permission denied (13) > rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at main.c(675) [Receiver=3.1.2] > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 8:25 AM Snyder, Alexander J < > alex@misteralexander.com> wrote: > >> What is the exact text of the error? What are the existing permissions of >> what you're trying to backup? >> >> Thanks, >> Alexander. >> >> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+ >> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 05:28 Michael > >>> I was trying to backup my system for the first time and rsync is throwing >>> a permission denied error up. Did something change with rsync or is this a >>> user error? How do I fix it? >>> >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss