[Easier To Manage Users On Btsync For Synology]

Hi guys,

 

The Synology version is far from user friendly... requires too much tweaking in the terminal that the average Joe (like me) can't entertain.

 

First, the community install will create a user id below 1024 which is not seen in the DSM UI... (that's the first problem, requires tweaking the passwd file to make the user ID above 1024)

btsync:x:100:100:BitTorrent Sync User:/usr/local/btsync/var:/bin/sh

 

Second,  it is impossible to use a different folder than /usr/local/btsync/var/BTsync (That's the second problem, this system folder is not seen in the DSM... hence makes it difficult to access the files directly in the Synology) and moreover it is not possible to write elsewhere for example in /volume1/BTsync (BTsync beeing a share folder) nor it is possible to write in /volume1/homes/user_joe/BTsync 

 

So what do we need:

 

1. Install would create a user in the DSM so that the corresponding rights to access files and shares can be managed for this particular user.

 

2. Possibility to create a specific folder available with /volume1/homes/user01/btsync so that a user can "park" is BTsync stuff within his own user space

 

I am not a Unix guru and I have been trying to make it work this way for a week and could not succeed...

 

What do you think? Thanks for listening!

 

Cheers,

 

SF

[BitTorrent Sync on Synology NAS]

Jimmy,

Is there a way I could create a btsync user and somehow link it to btsync service?

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[BitTorrent Sync on Synology NAS]

Thank you Jimmy and hurik

 

I am not a Unix expert so I am really struggling.

 

Jimmy, I have created a shared folder in /volume1:

drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          4096 Oct  8 23:12 BTsync_john

 

But damn again when I try to add a sync and ask BTsync to point to /volume1/BTsync_john I get the f$# same message! No right to do so!

 

Hurik I have tried to edit my passwd file but failed miserably.

 

I can't even make a backup copy (just in case) nor use the sudo mode... Sorry but I am close to zero in Unix skills...

 

DiskStationJohn> cp passwd passwd.old

cp: can't create 'passwd.old': Permission denied

DiskStationJohn> whoami

admin

DiskStationJohn> sudo cp passwd passwd.old

-sh: sudo: not found

DiskStationJohn> sudo su

-sh: sudo: not found

 

My passwd looks like this:

btsync:x:100:100:BitTorrent Sync User:/usr/local/btsync/var:/bin/sh

 

Help much appreciated.

 

John

[BitTorrent Sync on Synology NAS]

hi jimmy

 

just went in and checked my /volume1/homes/user1/BTsync folder

 

seems that BTsync is already 777:  

drwxrwxrwx    2 superfly users         4096 Sep 30 09:16 BTsync

 

but still doesn't work

 

When I paste /volume1/homes/user1/BTsync to add a new folder I have the "Don't have permissions to write to selected folder" error

 

However when I add a shared folder and use the default location it works :

/usr/local/btsync/var/BTsync

 

drwxr-sr-x    3 btsync   root          4096 Oct  8 02:19 BTsync

 

Obviously BTsync is coded to work on a folder that has quite different rights.

 

What's bugging me is if I use the default path then I can't access my sync'd files from the web UI and the FileStation

 

It would be so much better if I could select a user location instead of /usr/local/btsync/var/BTsync

 

Any thoughts?

[BitTorrent Sync on Synology NAS]

I have issues with both versions 1.4.83-8 (updated automatically from 1.3.109-3 which was installed manually).

 

In both cases when I want to add a folder, I want to point to /volume1/homes/userxxx/BTsync, however when in homes I can't navigate any further. When manually typing the path, I am told I "Don't have permissions to write to selected folder"

 

It seems the BTsync app doesn't have the sufficient rights to write or access in homes.

 

Any ideas???

 

Cheers,