# How to change the maintenance user for the GUI tasks?

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590>\
**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [January 21, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590 "2024-01-21T22:46:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590/1 "2024-01-21T22:46:23Z")

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Hi

I am using the Win GUI. One of my repo has maintenance issue due to the user ownership. How could I run such tasks as required user in the GUI app?

This is the error  
`Error: maintenance must be run by designated user: USER`

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/kopia/original/1X/162cc5b899550f605116d51ed3f54dca3a201767.png)

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**Author:** ![kapitainsky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/kapitainsky/32/535_2.png) [@kapitainsky](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kapitainsky)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 9:09am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590/2 "2024-01-22T09:09:19Z")

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Either disconnect and connect again as a user which is allowed to run maintenance or change [maintenance ownership](https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/maintenance/#maintenance-task-ownership) to another user (it is CLI command only).

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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590/3 "2024-01-23T04:00:13Z")

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> [@kapitainsky](#):
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> change [maintenance ownership](https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/maintenance/#maintenance-task-ownership)

Thanks for the reply. How do I do that with the GUI app permanently? That seems to be for the session only.

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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:04am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590/4 "2024-01-23T04:04:00Z")

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> [@kapitainsky](#):
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> Either disconnect and connect again as a user which is allowed to run maintenance

When I do that, the original user can’t make actual snapshots ☹

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**Author:** ![kapitainsky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/kapitainsky/32/535_2.png) [@kapitainsky](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kapitainsky)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590/5 "2024-01-23T08:38:01Z")

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> [@wayland](#):
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> How do I do that with the GUI app permanently?

I told you already that you have to use CLI to do it. GUI does not contain all kopia functionality.

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**Author:** ![wayland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/wayland/32/268_2.png) [@wayland](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/wayland)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590/6 "2024-01-23T16:12:26Z")

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What does the “maintenance tasks” in the GUI app do exactly as in cli command? I can maybe replicate that as a CLI command.

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**Author:** ![kapitainsky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/kapitainsky/32/535_2.png) [@kapitainsky](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kapitainsky)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-to-change-the-maintenance-user-for-the-gui-tasks/2590/7 "2024-01-23T16:16:15Z")

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Here maintenance description:

> **[Maintenance](https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/maintenance/)**
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> Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup Software for Windows, Mac, and Linux

> [@wayland](#):
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> What does the “maintenance tasks” in the GUI app do exactly as in cli command?

Yes. GUI app tries to run maintenance tasks based on your maintenance schedule.