I hace some problems restoring a backup

[ACR36940]

Good morning.
Yesterday I deleted by error a folder in my home directory.
Restored it with
vykar -vvvv restore --pattern "ant/Música/*" latest ant/Música
I expected that the folder was recreated in the same position and with same permissions
But the restore created a tree Música/ant/Músican owned by root
Evidently I have made a mistake, but I can't find it and the documentation is not clear in this situation.

[m3nu]

That's correct and similar to other backup tools. The restore will be done to the CWD or some folder you specify. You can move it back after that.

[ACR36940]

I see. In this case calling vykar from /home with vykar -vvvv restore --pattern "ant/Música/*" latest . will work

[ACR36940]

Don't work. Needs a empty directory. Permits remain a problem.

[m3nu]

Right. The destination needs to be empty to avoid overwriting existing files. This is intentional.

[ACR36940]

Yes. Using a empty or non existent path restores all correctly. However the ownership of the files is wrong (root:root). the correct ownership is ant:ant . Can be that i am running vykar as root? (the user has no permission to access the repository location. El jue, 7 may 2026 a las 13:24, Manu ***@***.***>) escribió:

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[goebbe]

@ACR36940 Are you on Linux?
You could run ps aux | grep vykar to check if vykar is running with root permissions or as a user.

I am running vykar-gui as a user and I had no problems restoring folders, in the past.

When I select a snapshot, and select "Restore selected snapshot", I can see the permissions for user/group/other in the 3 digits (octal) notation in the Restore window. So my original permissions are saved in the snapshot.
Also the owner/ group ids and names should be saved for files/ folders: https://vykar.borgbase.com/architecture?highlight=owner#key-data-structures

[goebbe]

@m3nu Since I din't find example in the docs:
Does vykar restore allow restoring specific files/ folders from a snapshot? Or does it only allow restoring entire snapshots?

[ACR36940]

I have vykar running in Daemon mode under systemd. Vykar don't restore the ownership currently. See issue #137 Att. *Antonio Calvo Rodríguez* ***@***.*** ***@***.***>* El sáb, 9 may 2026, 15:47, goebbe ***@***.***> escribió:

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@ACR36940 <https://github.com/ACR36940> Are you on Linux? You could run ps aux | grep vykar to check if vykar is running with root permissions or as a user. I am running vykar-gui as a user and I had no problems restoring folders, in the past. When I select a snapshot, and select "Restore selected snapshot", I can see the permissions for user/group/other in the 3 digits (octal) notation in the Restore window. So my original permissions are saved in the snapshot. Also the owner/ group ids and names should be saved for files/ folders: https://vykar.borgbase.com/architecture?highlight=owner#key-data-structures — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#136 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKCC5Y4OPDEDMS3O45BYMV34Z4ZHZAVCNFSM6AAAAACYUH7JRGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTMOBWGI2TANA> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[ACR36940]

Sorry runs under systemd as root user Att. *Antonio Calvo Rodríguez* ***@***.*** ***@***.***>* El sáb, 9 may 2026, 16:12, Antonio Calvo Rodriguez ***@***.***> escribió:

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I have vykar running in Daemon mode under systemd. Vykar don't restore the ownership currently. See issue #137 Att. *Antonio Calvo Rodríguez* ***@***.*** ***@***.***>* El sáb, 9 may 2026, 15:47, goebbe ***@***.***> escribió: > @ACR36940 <https://github.com/ACR36940> Are you on Linux? > You could run ps aux | grep vykar to check if vykar is running with root > permissions or as a user. > > I am running vykar-gui as a user and I had no problems restoring folders, > in the past. > > When I select a snapshot, and select "Restore selected snapshot", I can > see the permissions for user/group/other in the 3 digits (octal) notation > in the Restore window. So my original permissions are saved in the snapshot. > Also the owner/ group ids and names should be saved for files/ folders: > https://vykar.borgbase.com/architecture?highlight=owner#key-data-structures > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#136 (reply in thread)>, > or unsubscribe > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKCC5Y4OPDEDMS3O45BYMV34Z4ZHZAVCNFSM6AAAAACYUH7JRGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTMOBWGI2TANA> > . > Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS > <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> > or Android > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. > > You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: > ***@***.***> >

[ACR36940]

You can restore parts of a snapshot using patterns vykar -vvvv restore --pattern "ant/Música/*" <SNAPSHOT> targetpath Att. *Antonio Calvo Rodríguez* ***@***.*** ***@***.***>* El sáb, 9 may 2026, 16:05, goebbe ***@***.***> escribió:

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@m3nu <https://github.com/m3nu> Since I din't find example in the docs: Does vykar restore allow restoring specific files/ folders from a snapshot? Or does it only allow restoring entire snapshots? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#136 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKCC5Y7XFNKZQYZ557UJJQD4Z43J5AVCNFSM6AAAAACYUH7JRGVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTMOBWGI2TSOA> . Triage notifications on the go with GitHub Mobile for iOS <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1477376905?ct=notification-email&mt=8&pt=524675> or Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.android&referrer=utm_campaign%3Dnotification-email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dgithub>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[goebbe]

Thanks for pointing out the --pattern option! This works well with an empty restorefolder:

To restore folder/subfolder from snapshot 5871b138 - including all its content (files, subfolders, ... ) :

vykar restore --pattern 'folder/subfolder*' 5871b138 ~/my_restorefolder

To restore a specific file from the latest snapshot to an empty restorefolder:

vykar restore --pattern 'folder/subfolder/file.txt' latest ~/my_restorefolder