How can I connect as a different user?

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Hi

I need to connect to a repo as different user (USERB) than my current Windows login user (USERA). How do I do it

This is the command I use,

kopia.exe repository connect filesystem --path REPO

but I cant do maintanance

kopia.exe maintenance run --full

ERROR maintenance must be run by designated user: USERB@PC
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--override-hostname
--override-username

or temporarily change maintenance task ownership:

$ kopia maintenance set --owner=another@somehost
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Thanks, that was very helpful.

Do I have to close maintenance? I mean do I need to tell Kopia that the maintenance is done after it is done? Or is it automatic? I do not want my backups to be waiting until it is flagged off.

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Nope. Backup tasks can even run during maintenance. Only maintenance itself can not be run simultaneously, hence this specific user locking.

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