Hi again, So unfortunately there is still an issue. But I'll start again. System: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS x64. Config: See bottom of this post. Error: None, but the instance fails to start. Commands run (after sudo service btsync stop): --------------------------------- gavin@machine:/etc/btsync$ sudo service btsync start * Starting P2P file synchronisation daemon(s)... * Autostarting btsync instance 'debconf-default' [ OK ] * Autostarting btsync instance 'gav' gavin@machine:/etc/btsync$ gavin@machine:/etc/btsync$ ps aux | grep bt root 27940 0.1 0.0 261560 2028 ? Sl 15:07 0:00 /usr/lib/btsync/btsync-daemon --nodaemon --config /etc/btsync/debconf-default.conf gavin 28011 0.0 0.0 13584 920 pts/6 S+ 15:08 0:00 grep --color=auto bt ------------------------- It is timing out in start_btsync and generating the error: log_error "Failed to start $NAME instance $BASENAME - please check the configuration file $CONFIG_DIR/$CONFFILE" although I don't see an error on the commandline without altering the /etc/init.d/btsync script. At this point I'm not sure what is wrong so if someone could let me know what the issue might be that would be great. Thanks, Gavin Config script: //!/usr/lib/btsync/btsync-daemon --config // // DAEMON_UID=gavin // // { "device_name": "Gav - Default Instance", "storage_path" : "/var/run", "listening_port" : 0, "check_for_updates" : false, "use_upnp" : false, "download_limit" : 0, "upload_limit" : 0, "disk_low_priority" : true, "lan_encrypt_data" : true, "lan_use_tcp" : false, "rate_limit_local_peers" : false, "folder_rescan_interval" : 600, "webui" : { "listen" : "0.0.0.0:8887", "login" : "admin", "password" : "*****" } }