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gvfs package

  1. Bug #225361
  2. Comment #67

Comment 67 for bug 225361

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Adam Wolfe Gordon (awg) wrote : Re: other users don't have access to .gvfs

I've found a nice workaround for this, at least for the case where root is trying to backup /home.

Before performing the backup, do:

mount --bind /home /mnt/home-bind

Then, backup /mnt/home-bind instead of /home. The bind mount exposes only things on the filesystem mounted at /home, so you get a full backup of that, without the FUSE/gvfs problem getting in the way.