Solved Backup to USB drive on Debian Linux

[Foiler]

Is it possible to back up to a local drive and specify a mounted USB memory stick for the Location?

I get System.UnauthorizedAccessException error .. does that just mean I need to set new permissions on /media/usb?

Here is what I did ..

sudo mkdir /media/usb
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/usb

Then I set the Location folder to /media/usb

Hoping someone can assist here ..

 

[cobaltit]

3CX runs as the user 'phonesystem' so that user would need permissions.

 

[Foiler]

thanks for that .. I am logged into Debian with root, and battling with the chmod and cannot work how to add new permissions for the user phonesystem .. do I need to first create a user group maybe?

 

[JohnS_3CX]

thanks for that .. I am logged into Debian with root, and battling with the chmod and cannot work how to add new permissions for the user phonesystem .. do I need to first create a user group maybe?

Look this up on Linux tutorials, Google is your friend

If you ensure that phonesystem has access then you should be fine

PS: USB memory sticks are not known for their reliability, you might want to consider a USB hard drive / SSD drive instead.

 

[Foiler]

Is it possible to log into the Debian Linux console with the phonesystem user? I just need the password .. is that available to inspect from the 3CX console?

 

[JohnS_3CX]

For the safety of your system do not modify the phonesystem user or try to add/change its password!

There are better ways to achieve what you want. It's best to get someone who is familiar with Linux to help you.

 

[Foiler]

Solved .. the usb stick was formatted FAT32 which does not support permissions and the default was read-only .. changed the format to ext4 and the backup to USB now works.

ext4 was the only format option I could get to work with the command "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1" .. for some reason the ntfs and vfat format options will not run.

 

[JohnS_3CX]

Glad to hear!