Run GUI backgrounds job as root

#1

I’m looking for alternatives for CrushPlan and I would like to backup all the users on my systems (most MacOS). The Duplicacy GUI seems to runs as my uid (from my account), thus it can’t read others directories. I know for many backup programs, their GUI is separate from the backup engine. This allows for them to run when not logged in and as root.

I could run CLI as root and set up a periodic script, but then why use the GUI?

#2

I think you can run sudo open /Applications/Duplicacy.app in Terminal to get root access.

#3

That interestingly opened it as me still. I think the GUI needs an option to run the sub-processes as root.

#4

sudo /Applications/Duplicacy.app/Contents/MacOS/Duplicacy should run the sub-processes as root.