Vorta 0.7.5 crashes when adding a directory like /home wherein some directories are owned by (example) root.

[Wikinaut]

Describe the bug
Vorta 0.7.5 fully crashes while running as user when adding a directory like /home wherein some directories are owned by (example) root.

After a restart, the directory appears to be added in the source list.

Expected
Either ignore such directory or files or show a info message/warning in such cases, but do not crash.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to Sources
2. Click on Add directory
3. Select /home
4. Counting files begins … then suddenly vorta crashes while trying to access the directory owned by root.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: LinuxMint 20.1
• Vorta version: 0.7.5
• Installed via pip install --no-cache-dir -U vorta

Additional context

021-05-03 17:25:37,532 - root - CRITICAL - Uncaught exception,
file a report at https://github.com/borgbase/vorta/issues/new

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/benutzer/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/vorta/utils.py", line 46, in run
    self.size, self.files_count = get_path_datasize(self.path)
  File "/home/benutzer/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/vorta/utils.py", line 90, in get_path_datasize
    data_size, files_count = get_directory_size(file_info.absoluteFilePath())
  File "/home/benutzer/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/vorta/utils.py", line 65, in get_directory_size
    stat = os.stat(file_path)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Keine Berechtigung: '/home/benutzer/xyz/'

[m3nu]

Thanks for reporting. A similar case was already addressed, but it didn't cover permission errors in subfolders.

[m3nu]

If you can, please verify the fix in the current master branch. See here for how to install the latest version from the master branch.

[Wikinaut]

Looks fine to me (I patched that single line manually). Go on! Please release a new version.

[m3nu]

Still a lot to do for the next minor release. Hoping to make time for a sprint in 2-3 weeks.

https://github.com/borgbase/vorta/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22v0.7.6+%28Next+minor+release%29%22

[mwmcode]

Hi @m3nu I'm seeing warnings like this
WARNING - /private/etc/aliases.db: open: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/private/etc/aliases.db'

Is this the same issue?

Vorta 0.7.8
Borg 1.1.17

[m3nu]

This looks like a warning from Borg. We currently return a warning when some files are inaccessible. You shouldn't see any crash for sure.

[Wikinaut]

Eh, I think the crash issue was fixed since a while, thanks.

[mwmcode]

Don't mean to bug you on a closed issue but any workaround for this?

Borg docs say

Using root likely will be required if you want to backup files of other users or the operating system.

Can I instruct Vorta to run borg as root?

[m3nu]

Can I instruct Vorta to run borg as root?

It's not tested or supported, but you could try adding a sticky user bit to Borg, which would run it with root perms, no matter who starts it. Obviously this isn't secure.

Or a wrapper script the runs it with sudo.