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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ian@feddit.uk to c/kde@lemmy.kde.social

I’m looking for a way in Plasma to backup and sync my data from PC to a LAN Samba share on my NAS, using a GUI program.

The many sync apps (Grsync, Unison, Lucky, RealTime, Kup etc.) I’ve tried over many years, don’t let me set a remote/samba target. Most navigate locally only. I would mount the share, but nobody I’ve found knows of a GUI way to permanently mount it.

Everything else I need on Plasma has a GUI solution. Just a sync fails. I’d be grateful to hear of a GUI solution

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[-] kloud@ioc.exchange 0 points 10 months ago

@ian
You only do it 1 time, then you can access it via dolphin.
Also, do you really need it mounted? You can always access your share in dolphin directly via network -> smb shares.
Another option is to add smb4k to autostart.
And to conclude, I don't think any de specifically allows you to to that, so that's not a kdes' fault

[-] ian@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

Typing magic spells is not something I want to explain to my kids. Bad usability is bad usability, even if they have to do it just once. Also it's not always worked for me. Maybe I got just 1 letter wrong? That is the weakness with a hack. Some time ago I did autostart smb4k. But after a while it no longer mounted any shares. Also I suspect running an app just to mount the share seems like an iffy workaround. Does everyone do it? And no I don't really want to mount the share at all. Yes I can already access it via Dolphin easily. But then I'd have to manually copy any new files and navigate to folders every time. More poor usability compared to 1 click in a sync app. I think Plasma is better than this.

[-] Lem453@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Also it seems like this app allows windows shares as the remote location

https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.DejaDup

[-] ian@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks. Yes Gnome is better for apps accessing the LAN. And Deja Dup does connect as I'd expect. But it creates special files that can't be accessed on the LAN itself. Only via restore, that cant be used by other PCs or if you change your distro. So yes there is almost a way with Plasma. But if that is totally useless, it's still a fail.

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