tikitariki Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 What a nightmare. I synced a folder from my Windows PC and got the secret, so I can do some work remotely on an Ubuntu laptop. I'm new to Linux, so this is where things get all out of whack. I've gotten it to work before, but I screwed something up starting today: - I forgot you had to run btsync manually through terminal, so I accidentally reinstalled after assuming it wasn't there.- Reinstalled (where I screwed up?) and it is running.- Using 127.0.0.1:8888, GUI password comes up with some saved password. I didn't record it, but I have a good system of passwords. All combinations failed.- In etc/btsync, there's a conf file. I don't think that's the right one, but it did have a user and one of my frequently used passwords in plain text. That did not let me into btsync. I've been Googling for hours. Lots of mentioning of the config files. I still don't understand the Linux file system. I have no clue where the default btsync directory is, where I'm told to put the config, and I still have no idea why debconf-default.conf has one of my passwords, but effectively it does nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Bravo Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Same here... — Windows XP user Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Same here... — Windows XP user Ok, so basically, if you've lost/forgotten your WebUI password, you need to reset it in a config file and then run Sync with that config file. On Windows XP, you'll need to exit Sync and then do the following: 1) Open Notepad and add the following code (adjusting "storage_path" according to where the application data from Sync resides on your system):{ "storage_path" : "/Documents and Settings/Username/Application Data/BitTorrent Sync", "webui" : { "listen" : "127.0.0.1:8888" }} 2) Save the file as "reset.conf" to C:\Program FIles\BitTorrent Sync (or wherever you installed Sync to) 3) Start a new blank document in Notepad, and add the following line:START BTSync /config reset.conf 4) Save this second document as "reset.bat" to C:\Program FIles\BitTorrent Sync (or wherever you installed Sync to) 5) Run the reset.bat file (when you do, your default browser may open and show a warning that the "WebUI does not seem to be installed" - ignore it) 6) Exit Sync and then start it normally (without using the .bat/config file) 7) You should then be able to access the WebUI! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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