Help with copying Tails_data over, it says its locked, logged in as root

Im following the tails guide on how to copy old files to new tails

https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/persistence/copy/index.en.html

at the end is says to drag and drop from old files to new tails_data folder, i do but the new folder says its locked, i logged in as administrator, what else can i do


Comments


[1 Points] galaxyandspace:

Gonna recommend you post this in /r/TAILS ....


[1 Points] owockEznan:

Luckily, I've already written out a post on what you need.

It's way easier to just make a encrypted tarball of your persistence. You can then store that where you please. Load up tails, enable root (idealiy you will have your computer offline during the backup process). In a root terminal

cd /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/
tar cjf - . | gpg --cipher-algo AES -c - > /home/amnesia/backup.tbz2.gpg
chmod 644 /home/amnesia/backup.tbz2.gpg

This will ask you for a password to use to encrypt the backup with. Make sure it's very strong. The last line allows the amnesia user to read the backup file (so that it can store it somewhere). Then always verify your encrypted backups

cd /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/
cat /home/amnesia/backup.tbz2.gpg | gpg - | tar djf -

Once you know the backup is good, you need to find a safe place to store it. If you decide to store it on something like a dvd-r, make sure after you burn it, that you verify the burned copy is good too! Mount the burnt DVD and

cd /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/
cat /media/disk/backup.tbz2.gpg | gpg - | tar djf -