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changes windows is always empty #31
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Hi thanks for the report, i think this has something to do with permissions, can you start the application as root? |
I've run into the same problem while packaging it for Debian. It would make more sense to ship a policykit file if you want to run the app as
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So I did some brute force to run it as
Since most snapshots are created by user |
Okay. the problem is with
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Okay. So this is the crux of the problem: This is more a |
I filed a bug report here: openSUSE/snapper#416 |
It indeed is a permission problem. After the permissions set proper with Citing the manpage
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Just one additional glitch. After I exit the application, it throws the following exception:
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Just FYI. I pushed it into Debian and will be your point of contact for the package for Debian and its derivatives. Expect some more traction on this tool now |
How can this application do anything if pretty much all snapper operations require root access? I just opened it up on arch and naturally it shows nothing because even viewing snapshots requires root, never mind actually doing anything with them. The problem doesn't go away even after making the snapshot directory available to world because apparently snapper just requires root for everything even if it doesn't need it. @ricardomv |
Ofc running snapper-gui as root everything is fine but guis shouldn't be run as root. |
When trying to show the changes between two snapshots the window is empty:
Console is showing the following error:
In the Snapper logfile (/var/log/snapper.log), everything looks like its working:
Ubuntu 16.04.03
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