merlinuwe

Hi, I'm not sure, if the problem discussed here (about the failing installation of btsync on an usb-stick) was seen by the developers. Will it be solved in one of the next releases, please? -merlinuwe

Thanks for your engagement in this topic. I think, I'll wait for the next release. greetings -merlinuwe

Hi, dear helpers, yes, I've read this topic in the inofficial faq: But the installer tries to install the software on my PC not on the usb-stick. I got no choice for Portable Mode (1.2.82). What can I do, please? Greetings merlinuwe

This is the/a working configuration on my shared host: In the sync.conf: -----snip-----"webui": { "listen": "server-ip:8080", "login": "whatever", "password": "whatevertoo"},-----snip-----The url in the Browser is: http://server-ip:8080/gui/de/index.html The port-number must be the same, of course.

I stopped my locale firewall for testing, to see, if it has some influence to the connection. How can I find out if there is a firewall activated on the hosted server? (I don't think so)

I tried "listen": "0.0.0.0:44444", and couldn't access the WebUI. Then I tried (after changing the sync.conf to port 8888) curl http://127.0.0.1:8888/gui/en/index.html -i -u mybtsyncusername:mybtsyncpassword | egrep "HTTP|Set-Cookie" % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed100 15837 100 15837 0 0 15837 0 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0:00:01 15.1MHTTP/1.1 200 OKSet-Cookie: GUID=yvOUYUyLejOr7TQd0vFa; path=/ and couldn't access the WebUI, too. When I tried curl http://127.0.0.1:8888/gui/en/index.html -i -u username:mypassword | egrep "" I got the websites html-code. . When I tried netstat -a I saw, that port 8888 is listed somewhere: netstat -aActive Internet connections (servers and established)Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address Statetcp 0 0 *:8000 *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:60384 *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 localhost:submission *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:sunrpc *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:auth *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:4433 *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:33907 *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:ftp *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:ssh *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:8888 *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 localhost:smtp *:* LISTENtcp 0 0 *:10972 *:* LISTEN So I changed the port it in the sync.conf to a few numbers, at last to 8080 and now IT WORKS! (BTW: It doesn't matter if I use 0.0.0.0:8080 or ip-address:8080) MANY thanks for your help!

Here are some informations to the OS: uname -a Linux www809 2.6.26-2-xen-686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 21 09:56:47 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux cat /etc/debian_version 6.0.8 ldd --version ldd (Debian EGLIBC 2.11.3-4) 2.11.3 Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. So I think, btsync 386 should be the right release.

Thanks for your help, now I use your sync.config (with my server, path etc.) and have a connection to btsync installed on my notebook like before. But I cannot yet access the WebUI. I tested your sync.conf with i386lInux i386(glibc 2.3)Both releases are running fine (which of them is the right for debian 6?) but as I said, without access to the WebUI. What can I do to solve the problem?

{ "device_name": "servername.de btsync", "listening_port" : 0, // 0 - randomize port /* storage_path dir contains auxilliary app files if no storage_path field: .sync dir created in the directory where binary is located. otherwise user-defined directory will be used */// "storage_path" : "/home/user/.sync", "storage_path" : "/home/www/doc/41467373/servername.de/www/btsync/.sync", // uncomment next line if you want to set location of pid file// "pid_file" : "/var/run/btsync/btsync.pid", "pid_file" : "/home/www/doc/41467373/servername.de/www/btsync/btsync.pid", "check_for_updates" : true, "use_upnp" : true, // use UPnP for port mapping/* limits in kB/s 0 - no limit*/ "download_limit" : 0, "upload_limit" : 0, /* remove "listen" field to disable WebUI remove "login" and "password" fields to disable credentials check*/ "webui" : { "listen" : "serverip:44444", "login" : "thisisthelogin", "password" : "thisisapassword" }/* !!! if you set shared folders in config file WebUI will be DISABLED !!! shared directories specified in config file override the folders previously added from WebUI.*/ , "shared_folders" : [ {// use --generate-secret in command line to create new secret "secret" : "thesecretissecret", // * required field "dir" : "/home/www/doc/41467373/servername.de/www/Austausch", // * required field// use relay server when direct connection fails "use_relay_server" : true, "use_tracker" : true, "use_dht" : true, "search_lan" : false,// enable sync trash to store files deleted on remote devices "use_sync_trash" : true,// specify hosts to attempt connection without additional search "known_hosts" : [ "anotherservername.no-ip.org:32725" ] } ]// Advanced preferences can be added to config file.// Info is available in BitTorrent Sync User Guide.,"disk_low_priority": true,"rate_limit_local_peers": false,"folder_rescan_interval": 600,"sync_max_time_diff": 600,"lan_encrypt_data": true,"sync_trash_ttl": 30,"lan_use_tcp": false,"send_buf_size": 5,"max_file_size_diff_for_patching": 1000,"recv_buf_size": 5,"max_file_size_for_versioning": 1000}This is the code of my sync.config, which runs and syncs ok, but without WebUI. Could you please be so kind to change it, that I can run the WebUI?

I run btsync under debian 6 on a hosted webspace by starting it in the directory "www/btsync" with the command "./btsync" How can I access to bittorrent sync via the WebUI? Access with the url "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8888/gui" doesn't work. (If I run it by "./btsync --config sync.conf", the WebUI doesn't work, too - but it is possible to sync with other peers.) On my FreeNAS at home I can access the WebUI. Is it only possible to access the WebUI in a local network? Greetings merlinuwe

I'm not sure, if all of my files got synced. On Windows 8.1, and on Windows XP I use "properties" with the right mousekey ("Eigenschaften"). On both PC "hidden system files" and "hidden files and folders" are shown. I count all files, but not the folders ".SyncArchive" and ".Trashes". Windows 8.1: 164GB, 172951 files, 25107 folders Windows XP: 164 GB, 172901 files, 25107 folders. So I am missing 50 files on XP. bittorrent sync counts 164,1 GB in 168966 files on each of these PC. Which files/folders does BTSync count and which files/folders not?How can I find the 50 missing files on XP?How can I test that there are the same files on each PC (over the internet)? (I also use FreeNAS 9.1.)How can I "force" syncing, so that the amount of files are the same on each PC? Thanks for any advance.

I had to change the Port on my Windows 8.1 PC and on my Windows XP PC. After that, the sync with 1.1.82 immediately started. Can someone please explain, why changing the port solves the problem?

I start bittorrent sync 1.69 on FreeNAS (FreeBSD) with this command (Init/Shutdown Scripts): /mnt/NAS1GB/btsync/btsync --config /mnt/NAS1GB/btsync/sync.confThis is my configuration: Version FreeNAS-9.1.1-RELEASE-x64 (a752d35) Plattform AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ Speicher 2011MB The following message appears at startup in /var/log/messages: Sep 16 22:13:26 freenas kernel: WARNING pid 2288 (btsync): ioctl sign-extension ioctl ffffffff8004667eWhat can I do to solve this Warning-message? Thanks for any advice. -merlinuwe

This problem is SOLVED. There was a typo in the path (I corrected it in the topic) and I finally took http://syncapp.bitto...6-1.1.40.tar.gz to get it run (instead of http://btsync.s3-web...ync_i386.tar.gz) Thanks for the help! May this topic help others to install bittorrent sync on Debian Linux. ;-) -merlinuwe

Thanks for your help. I edited the sync.conf as follows (and deleted the comment-signs /* */): , "shared_folders" : [ { // use --generate-secret in command line to create new secret "secret" : "AxyxxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxyxxyxyyxyxyxyxyxU", // * required field (this is not the original secret) "dir" : "/home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/Austausch", // * required field // use relay server when direct connection fails "use_relay_server" : true, "use_tracker" : true, "use_dht" : false, "search_lan" : true, // enable sync trash to store files deleted on remote devices "use_sync_trash" : true, // specify hosts to attempt connection without additional search "known_hosts" : [ "192.168.1.2:44444" ] } ] // Advanced preferences can be added to config file. // Info is available in BitTorrent Sync User Guide. } Then I killed the process with kill -9 processid and startet again with ./btsync --config sync.conf But nothing is synced between the Webserver and my local Bittorent sync.I added new files on the webserver to the directory "Austausch" and on my notebook. The sync is only between the Windows Laptop and the server 2008R2 but not from or to the Webserver with Linux. Any idea? Perhaps anything else in my sync.conf is wrong? -merlinuwe

At first: thanks to the cool software BitTorrent sync (at the moment release 1.1.40) you provide here, It runs under windows 7, 8 and Server 2008 R2. But how can I sync my folders via a hosted Linux server, too? I would like to run Bittorrent Sync 1.1.40 on Linux. My system is as follows (and I describe the steps I did): cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.26-2-xen-686 (Debian 2.6.26-27) (dannf@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080704 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-25)) #1 SMP Wed Sep 21 09:56:47 UTC 2011 ldd --version ldd (Debian EGLIBC 2.11.3-4) 2.11.3 Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper. I copied the package btsync_i386.tar.gz to the path /home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/bts/btsync_i386.tar.gz then I uncompressed it: tar xfvz btsync_i386.tar.gz then I built the example file sync.conf: ./btsync --dump-sample-config > sync.conf I edited the file sync.conf as follows: { "device_name": "My Sync Device", "listening_port" : 0, // 0 - randomize port /* storage_path dir contains auxilliary app files if no storage_path field: .sync dir created in the directory where binary is located. otherwise user-defined directory will be used */ // "storage_path" : "/home/user/.sync", "storage_path" : "/home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/bts/.sync", // uncomment next line if you want to set location of pid file // "pid_file" : "/var/run/btsync/btsync.pid", "pid_file" : "/home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/bts/btsync.pid", "check_for_updates" : true, "use_upnp" : true, // use UPnP for port mapping /* limits in kB/s 0 - no limit */ "download_limit" : 0, "upload_limit" : 0, /* remove "listen" field to disable WebUI remove "login" and "password" fields to disable credentials check */ "webui" : { "listen" : "0.0.0.0:8888", "login" : "admin", "password" : "password" } /* !!! if you set shared folders in config file WebUI will be DISABLED !!! shared directories specified in config file override the folders previously added from WebUI. */ /* , "shared_folders" : [ { // use --generate-secret in command line to create new secret "secret" : "MY_SECRET_1", // * required field "dir" : "/home/user/bittorrent/sync_test", // * required field // use relay server when direct connection fails "use_relay_server" : true, "use_tracker" : true, "use_dht" : false, "search_lan" : true, // enable sync trash to store files deleted on remote devices "use_sync_trash" : true, // specify hosts to attempt connection without additional search "known_hosts" : [ "192.168.1.2:44444" ] } ] */ // Advanced preferences can be added to config file. // Info is available in BitTorrent Sync User Guide. } I started the program with ./btsync --config sync.conf I got By using this application, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms. http://www.bittorren...m/legal/privacy http://www.bittorren...al/terms-of-use BitTorrent Sync forked to background. pid = 23909 The program runs ps aux |grep btsync 46456 19412 0.0 0.1 49464 1968 ? Ssl 11:49 0:02 ./btsync --config sync.conf 46456 23909 0.0 0.1 41016 1964 ? Ssl 12:36 0:00 ./btsync --config sync.conf 46456 24107 0.0 0.0 5020 764 pts/0 R+ 12:38 0:00 grep btsync I made a directory "Austausch" to sync my files: /home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/Austausch/ I found the folder .sync with webui.zip and unzipped it in /home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/bts/ I called the index.html /home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/bts/index.html via http://myserver.de/bts/index.html and got lost. I cannot add a folder or generate a secret or do something else. The website doesn't work as expected. What do I have to do to get the software sync with my folders on Windows (installed: 1.1.40 and run propper) with that in the folder /home/www/doc/16737/myserver.de/www/Austausch/ ? Many thanks to any help (perhaps there is a more detailed documentation?) -merlinuwe