Re: "usermod: user user is currently used by process" while using (trying to) thunderbird to back up my gmail account's data ...

[Frank <zuiderduin@gmx.com>]

Op 06-11-2022 om 16:38 schreef Albretch Mueller:
>   on debian live:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux debian 5.10.0-18-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.140-1 (2022-09-02)
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> $
>
>   I am running:
>
> $ thunderbird --version
>   Thunderbird 91.13.0
> $
>
>   to download all the data in my gmail account via POP3, but
> Thunderbird seems to be making assumptions about where to put your
> data and I haven't found a way to tell it where to put it;
If all you want to do is make thunderbird put (most of) its data 
elsewhere, you could change the profiles.ini file that exists in 
~/.thunderbird. Mine has this:

[Install9238613B8C3D2579]
Default=/data/thunderbird

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=0
Path=/data/thunderbird
Default=1

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
Version=2

Except for the few files/directories that need to be in ~/.thunderbird, 
all thunderbird data ends up in /data/thunderbird.
Of course, you should make sure the actual profile data is in the right 
location before you run thunderbird like this.

Regards,
Frank