How can I set up scheduled backups?

NSsbackup knows 2 modes of execution:

1. execution with root privileges (e.g. for backing up system files from /etc...). If you want to run NSsbackup as root, you can do so by clicking the entry from the main menu 'System->Administration'. You may be asked for your password in that case.

2. execution as user without any superuser privileges (e.g. for backing up personal data from your /home directory...). NSsbackup is executed without root privileges if you start it from the menu via 'Applications->Utilities'.

Since the schedule feature relies on cron/anacron and those are system daemons, it is neccessary to run NSsbackup as superuser to use scheduling. Moreover, because of that the 'Time' tab, for setting up scheduled backups is only visible if you run NSsbackup as superuser.

Summary: Run NSsbackup as superuser if you want to use scheduled backups.