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After backup: Destination is read-only?
I'm working on implementing a proper backup procedure as most experts on this forum recommend. But when trying to backup a large amount of data, I keep getting this error message: Backup: Error bac...
Have been looking for a solution for this problem for a long time, but never managed to find the root cause.
In the end, I decided to remove the offending subdirectory that contained a file backup of a Windows system. This solved the problem with the backup procedure.
Yes, did that with every disk and the scan/fix (chkdsk) will fix system file errors if they exist. And after that, I can switch off the read-only bit on the affected directory. But that still doesn't ensure me if the backup is complete and valid. And next time I do another full backup on the disk of the same data, the problem occurs again. So I'm first trying to figure out what is causing the read-only to be set in the first place, so I can find a way around it.
The logs in FrontView only offer one line of error message: "Backup: Error backup job 'data to USB_HDD_4': destination is read-only". But there I cannot find any root cause. This makes me distrust the whole quality of the backup. And if I cannot trust the quality of the backup, I cannot implement a proper backup procedure either, what is my goal to begin with and is strongly recommended here.
Is there a way to figure out which file(s) on my NAS would cause the read-only flag to be set on the external NTFS disk, in order to get to the root cause of this problem?
The logs in FrontView only offer one line of error message: "Backup: Error backup job 'data to USB_HDD_4': destination is read-only". But there I cannot find any root cause. This makes me distrust the whole quality of the backup. And if I cannot trust the quality of the backup, I cannot implement a proper backup procedure either, what is my goal to begin with and is strongly recommended here.
Is there a way to figure out which file(s) on my NAS would cause the read-only flag to be set on the external NTFS disk, in order to get to the root cause of this problem?
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