Network Whitelist For Vorta on Linux

[GuardedAirplane]

Currently there is no way to prevent Vorta from backing up automatically on certain networks. On my Mac, I use this feature to prevent backing up on my hotspot and my dad's satellite internet connection. My linux laptop does not have this feature, and I accidentally ate up 75% of my hotspot allowance because of it.

Implementing a Networks tab such as the one found on macOS. Looking at a past issue, it looked like getting previous networks was not supported, so perhaps allowing a manual input of SSIDs or router MAC addresses could work.

An alternative solution, might be a location based solution could be used. As in, if you are at your home address, backup, if not, don't.

[m3nu]

Yeah. Would be nice to have this for Linux. Current blocker is that I don’t know of a universal way to get a list of past Wi-Fis and the current Wi-Fi.

With this info the feature could be implemented rather easily.

[GuardedAirplane]

Would executing '$ iwgetid' in the background every so often or right before a backup operation work? That gives the current SSID, and you could store any newly observed ones in a log file to be added to the list in the GUI.

[Vinno97]

I think a more robust way would be to listen for D-Bus messages sent by that get sent when an interface change occurs. That way there is no need for polling and makes sure Vorta gets notified immediately.

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Gists like this and this one show the basic principle.

[samuel-w]

I think this is closed by #547