is seagate mounted ? is it write protected ? On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 7:52 AM > 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