Backup

**lizandeen** · November 13th, 2012

How do I run Deja-dup Backup as root (put as simply as possible please) ? Thanks to all in advance

**NikTh** · November 13th, 2012

Hi ,
Open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and write

Code:

man deja-dup

deja-dup has also a command line utility , so I assume you can start an immediately backup as root with sudo prefix in this command

Code:

deja-dup --backup

But I never tested.

You have to be a little more specific about what you want to achieve. I guessed you want to backup something from root (/) folder. (but I'm not sure)

Thanks

**newb85** · November 13th, 2012

Originally Posted by NikTh

You have to be a little more specific about what you want to achieve. I guessed you want to backup something from root (/) folder. (but I'm not sure)

Indeed. If you're trying to back up your entire system, I'm afraid you'll run into some trouble. I don't know that it's impossible, but Deja Dup was designed for easily backing up a user's /home folder.

I've found a great way to pseudo-back-up my system is to use Deja Dup to back up my /home and then use the "Sync between computers..." option in the Software Center to keep track of what packages I have installed. If something happens, I can do a fresh install, install the packages I had before, and extract my /home directory, and presto! (Exception: manually installed packages take a little more work.)