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

    • ian@feddit.ukOP
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      11 months ago

      Yes I tried the RcloneBrowser. But there is no way to create a new Sync in the GUI. Only manage already configured ones. Unless it’s well hidden.

      • Kloud@ioc.exchange
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        11 months ago

        @ian
        Yes, but doing it in terminal doesn’t require any obscure commands, it will guide you through and ask questions for everything

        • ian@feddit.ukOP
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          11 months ago

          The terminal is obscure in itself. I’m not sure how to start it or what commands to use.

            • ian@feddit.ukOP
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              11 months ago

              Oh thats what that was. It looked like an error message. So I tried it. Horrible UX, and it did not have samba. I tried a few of the alternatives and it didn’t manage to connect.

              • Kloud@ioc.exchange
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                11 months ago

                @ian
                Ah, I think it spawns xterm by default, which looks bad. And it has smb, does not have it for you?
                (It’s option 44 for me)

                • ian@feddit.ukOP
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                  11 months ago

                  Thanks I founf CIFS/smb on 35. It connected. Now trying to find out how to use the remote.