Backup permissions with ncp - which username should be owner?

[treesMcGees]

Hello,

I am having some trouble configuring my system to make backups to a shared drive with SMB.

I would like to mount the shared folder in fstab, and then select it in the nc-backup dialog. However, when I mount it, it is read-only except with root.

I think I could change fstab to mount it with 777 permissions, but is there a more secure way to do this? I could also set the “uid=username” option to give the webpanel permission, but I am not sure, which user should I give ownership to so that the nc-backup is able to have permission?

I checked these topics, but could not find the answer. Any hints are appreciated. Thanks!

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[treesMcGees]

Found the solution – since ncp-config in the CLI/TUI requires sudo, it appears as though the permissions do not matter because ncp will be run as root.