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faq: Add entry about Synology NAS' sftp path

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@ -90,3 +90,28 @@ scheduling algorithm to give it the least favorable niceness (19).
The above example makes sure that the system the backup runs on
is not slowed down, which is particularly useful for servers.
Creating new repo on a Synology NAS via sftp fails
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Sometimes creating a new restic repository on a Synology NAS via sftp fails
with an error similar to the following:
::
$ restic init -r sftp:user@nas:/volume1/restic-repo init
create backend at sftp:user@nas:/volume1/restic-repo/ failed:
mkdirAll(/volume1/restic-repo/index): unable to create directories: [...]
Although you can log into the NAS via SSH and see that the directory structure
is there.
The reason for this behavior is that apparently Synology NAS expose a different
directory structure via sftp, so the path that needs to be specified is
different than the directory structure on the device and maybe even as exposed
via other protocols.
The following may work:
::
$ restic init -r sftp:user@nas:/restic-repo init