JimmyTheSaint Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 It sounds like you're adapting the SynoCommunity installation to your needs, but I wouldn't be comfortable with that because I could never be sure of all the things it's done to install itself, which makes troubleshooting a pain. I did a clean install, and it's a poor man's guide because it just provides a way of doing it without necessarily fully comprehending everything. If your installation doesn't work, all I'm able to suggest is wiping it and doing a clean install, which I do suggest. For the file permissions, you use the "chmod" command. Your directories with permissions "d---------" are completely unpermitted, which doesn't sound good, but who knows. A quick and dirty thing to try from the btsync user's root directory to fix all the permissions at one go is: > chmod -R 755 * I wouldn't think there'd be any side effects if it doesn't work, but if there are, then, again, feel free to sue me. I assume you know how to start and stop the btsync process when making any changes to its files. note: you can create txt files on your computer, upload them via the web interface, and then edit them with vi if necessary rather than create something from scratch with vi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSeb Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I really appreciate your help.I had figured out the necessary chmod command and parameters by the time you read the last post, and I have everything working. But I agree, a root-and-branch removal of the SynoCommunity package, and replacement with the DIY version, is my next step.Again, thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP-123 Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 Also having issues adding folders through SynoCommunity package, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjeerdopicus Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I also have trouble adding folders thrue the SynoCommunity package on my DS210j with latest DSM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzimutTheUt Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 Same problem as OP here. DSM 5.0 - SynologyCommunity package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 @all, The user under which you run Sync should be the owner of the folder and files in it that you are trying to add. Please, use ls -al command in the folder to learn about the owner of it. 'ps aux | grep sync" to see under which user Sync runs and chwon command to change the owner or chmod command to set necessary permission to the folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplicator Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 I found a solution! Well at least it works for me. I have a shared Videos folder on my Synology NAS which I wanted to sync between my Mac. I also had the problem with permissions. So I went to the Control Panel – Group – Users – Permissions – and ticked the Read/Write option for the Videos folder which I wanted to sync. And now the Bittorrent Sync client on my NAS indeed syncs the folder. The permission problem is gone. Really happy about it! . I hope it works for you. : ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidh Posted October 25, 2014 Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 I had the same problem today with the latest DSM version so I figured that this is still a current problem. I hope that by documenting what I found today will help other people who like me are not comfortable using a Telnet interface. It seems - I stress " seems" - that there is a rights problem that has crept into DSM. I am a use not an IT professional. Folders I created many months ago work, but recent folders don't. But how to access all the hidden files that File Station doesn't give access to? Searching further on the internet I came across this link:-http://www.wijngaard.org/get-access-to-synologys-filesystem/ I downloaded WinSCP from http://winscp.net/eng/download.phpI followed the instruction exactly,. including using "root" and my admin password and was successful in getting the dual-pane file explorer interface on my PC. Browsing to the files that were created some months ago showed that they had rwxr-xr-x or rwxrwxrwx Rights, but the ones I had created recently were "---------" even though they seem to be accessible with File Station. Right mouse clicking on the folder I had been trying to use with BitTorrent Sync which showed " --------" gave me a "Properties" choice and when this opened I was given the possibility to check boxes to change the "Rights" I checked all the boxes and after a few seconds the GUI came back to show the rights had now been changed to "rwxrwxrwx". Returning to BitTorrent Sync now I had no error message when I chose this folder to use for synchronizing. A big thanks to Richard at wijngaard.org for his detailed explanation on how to access the file properties on a Synology and the guys at WinSCP for their great app. ... and I hope that this long explanation helps some other users of Synology and BitTorrent Sync if they face the same " don't have permissions to write to the selected folder" , error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cftvgy Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 The problem is that bittorrent on synology runs under a separate user called btsync (I think), and that userid is created such that the user does not show up in your control pannel. See here: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/32021-create-sc-btsync-group-in-dsm-for-easy-folder-permissions-synology/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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