Cobian Backup asking for a password for single files when backing them up
Posted: 12 May 2022, 16:24
I installed Cobian Backup as application (not service) as I would like to write the tmp files to a network drive on my Windows 10 system.
Unfortunately, when starting the backup Cobian Backup asks for a password for each single file that I want to backup. It's a prompt with the headline "Password for filename.xyz" and the label "Enter password".
What kind of password is here needed? As the network drive is mounted and the application user has access to the source files it's very unclear to me what to enter. Also can this password somehow be stored as I want to backup thousands of files without manual interaction.
Thanks in advance.
Logs:
2022-05-12 16:18 The log tab has been cleared. The log file with its full content is still available from the Log menu
2022-05-12 16:18 Preventing the system from entering sleep mode...
2022-05-12 16:18 ** Backing up the task "initial" **
2022-05-12 16:18 Counting the files for the task "initial"...
2022-05-12 16:18 Warning: the archive attributes will be cleared before uploading. That will cause the attributes to be cleared even if the upload fails, eventually breaking the incremental logic. To prevent this, do not use compression or encryption with FTP destinations
2022-05-12 16:18 Changing the backup type to full. Reason: task's first backup
2022-05-12 16:18 Creating the destination directory "Z:\Backup\tmp\tobia"
2022-05-12 16:18 The destination directory "Z:\Backup\tmp\tobia" has been successfully created
2022-05-12 16:18 Backing up the directory "C:\Users\tobia"
Unfortunately, when starting the backup Cobian Backup asks for a password for each single file that I want to backup. It's a prompt with the headline "Password for filename.xyz" and the label "Enter password".
What kind of password is here needed? As the network drive is mounted and the application user has access to the source files it's very unclear to me what to enter. Also can this password somehow be stored as I want to backup thousands of files without manual interaction.
Thanks in advance.
Logs:
2022-05-12 16:18 The log tab has been cleared. The log file with its full content is still available from the Log menu
2022-05-12 16:18 Preventing the system from entering sleep mode...
2022-05-12 16:18 ** Backing up the task "initial" **
2022-05-12 16:18 Counting the files for the task "initial"...
2022-05-12 16:18 Warning: the archive attributes will be cleared before uploading. That will cause the attributes to be cleared even if the upload fails, eventually breaking the incremental logic. To prevent this, do not use compression or encryption with FTP destinations
2022-05-12 16:18 Changing the backup type to full. Reason: task's first backup
2022-05-12 16:18 Creating the destination directory "Z:\Backup\tmp\tobia"
2022-05-12 16:18 The destination directory "Z:\Backup\tmp\tobia" has been successfully created
2022-05-12 16:18 Backing up the directory "C:\Users\tobia"