Sciamano Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Hi,my BTSync installation on Linux Mint 14 basically stopped working.I suspect there is a problem with UPNP opening the listening port on the router.I noticed that this port changes everytime I restart the system (or BTSync), but I'd rather open one fixed port on the router.I tried editing the ~/user/.btsync.conf file but I noticed that everytime I restart BTsync, this file gets overwritten and the changes are lost.How can I fix this?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 The btsync instance should run with --config, in your case btsync --config ~/user/.btsync.conf. If it does not, the changes in your config file will not be used. You could check with ps on the command line and see which config - if any - btsync uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciamano Posted December 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 You are right, it's not running with any config file.What would happen if I modified the /etc/btsync-user/btsync-user.conf file?Would I achieve the same result this way, without specifying the config file to use? Or is this an abomination? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuxpoldo Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 You are right, it's not running with any config file.What would happen if I modified the /etc/btsync-user/btsync-user.conf file?Would I achieve the same result this way, without specifying the config file to use? Or is this an abomination? Thanks I suppose you are using the btsync-user package. In this case, you should read carefully the initial posting. There is a detailed documentation on how you can run the instance with a user specific configuration file (And in this file you can specify a specific port). The /etc/btsync-user/btsync-user.conf file is only a template for the specific automatic configuration file created on each login. It is not a good idea to specify a fixed port there, since in case of multiple users of the system, there would be a port conflict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciamano Posted December 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Oh, ok, thanks.I've now followed the instructions in the posting although my configuration is strictly single user, so this was not going to be a real problem.The real problem is BTSync not working :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.