I have been busy with this subject for days. So far with no success. I have not tried with the archive manager yet.
First I went to the command line.
duplicity list-current-files file:///media/joop/94ece50d-d453-41e4-b449-339097576dee
This resulted in a good result, hence, there is a valid backup on the disk.
Than I tried:
duplicity restore file:///media/joop/94ece50d-d453-41e4-b449-339097576dee /home/joop
which gave me the following output:
gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on homedir '/home/joop/.gnupg'
Restore destination directory /home already exists.
Will not overwrite.
Than I tried:
duplicity restore --force file:///media/joop/94ece50d-d453-41e4-b449-339097576dee /home/joop
which gave me the following output:
Last full backup date: Sat May 26 12:58:55 2018
GnuPG passphrase for decryption:
I have never given a passphrase for duplicity, hence I entered nothing:
Cannot use empty passphrase with symmetric encryption! Please try again.
GnuPG passphrase for decryption:
I managed to retrieve the
folder and its content from the faulty SSD. I than replaced the current
with the one from the faulty SSD. Than I tried again:
duplicity restore --force file:///media/joop/94ece50d-d453-41e4-b449-339097576dee /home/joop
which gave me the following output:
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/joop/.gnupg'
Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
Last full backup date: Sat May 26 12:58:55 2018
GnuPG passphrase for decryption:
Error '[Errno 17] File exists' processing home/joop/.mozilla/firefox/s6sd02h0.default/lock
...
So far, I don't know what to do next. I have studied a lot of sources, but unfortunately my English is not always good enough to really grasp what is meant. I especially do not understand at all what is meant with this gpg stuff and the passphrase. While setting the backup I have never given a passphrase, hence I assumed I would be able to restore the backup without a passphrase, or, as I understand, with a password. Even if I use the password that my dad usually uses (he is 87) there is no result. Unfortunately the man stored 22000 eBooks in Calibre which are, so far, unreachable.
With kind regards,
Laurens Swarte
the Netherlands.