tenjaa Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 @RomanZ does that mean we can expect the same design for the official synology package?So there will be no "nice" way to run btsync as user x? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 @tenjaaIt's more about the Sync logic than packaging. Regardless of the fact how Sync will be packaged - it still will run under some user, so all new files will be crated with this user as owner and with user's umask applied to permissions. The only one permission that is being synced for Linux machines is the permission to execute files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenjaa Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 @RomanZ I have to admit that I have (almost) no detailed knowledge about permissions in linux. To clarify:I have the standard folder "music". Users tenjaa, x and y have r/w-rights.As tenjaa is my main user, it want to sync this folder to a second synology as this user. The second one has the same users.Now only tenjaa can r/w the folder because he is the owner and the permissions from different users are not synced. Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1v Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 @TenjaaI have been trying to raise this issue with Synocommunity here: https://github.com/SynoCommunity/spksrc/issues/1243As an end user, we have very little control over how the package/application is ran, we are not able to select the user account or group it is started with. In your example, if your are using it between NAS devices, BTSync actually takes ownership of the file, using its own account, which appears to be called BTSync, but this is not created by the user, it appears to be a system/unix account created with the app, In my example above, the left side has the original file and the right side has been replicated. No users have write access This might be by design, but surely its quite a big fundamental flaw if users cannot edit or modify the replicated files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 @adam1vOn your the left screenshot looks more like windows permissions while right one more like Linux ones. Linux permissions work completely different - you can't make multiple users as owners - but you can put them in the same group and allow this group to RW the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1v Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 The problem is, we don't have access to the BTSync app user settings (at UI level), therefore, we cannot add the user account in which the app runs to the same group, otherwise Id create a new group, add the BTSync user to this + all my active directory users and apply that permission at the top level folder. In addition, the folder that contains this file has RW permissions for everyone, its just BTSync that's not applying the RW permissions Any further input you can add is greatly appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 @adam1vWhy can't you add btsync user to your ad group? Also, you can adjust umask for btsync user to make all files synced to NAS available for RW access to all users, if you want. For any of the about you'll need SSH access to your NAS. I'm really not sure if it is possible to make from UI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1v Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 I can try and add the BTSync account on AD, but the account on the NAS associated to BTSync app doesnt logon to active directory, i.e I think its a system account. Looking at the permissions from a windows machine displays; Lastly, how do we unmask? what does this do in simple terms? Sorry im not familliar with linux, but have done a bit of basic with SSH/Telnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 @adam1vFor Windows Sync simply applies default permissions of the top folder (as all the processes do when create a file) - so you need to simply set up your sync folder permissions correctly. For Linux permissions go from the user owning process. run "umask" command and you'll see what permissions will be set for a newly created file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejae Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Sorry to bump this old topic. But i'd be interested in an official btsync package for Synology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP-123 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Any updates on btsync working again? I have discontinued use with all the troubles I had with 1.4.Was going from synology to synology. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 @thejaeSorry, no ETA yet. Our NAS group is working hard on delivering official Synology package. @AP-123Could you please share what exactly is not working so we can assist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1v Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 @romanz,Is the NAS group reviewing the permissions issues discussed in the NAS forum, i.e replicating user permissions on newly created files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 @adam1vI'll check it out with NAS group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP-123 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 @RomanZ - thank you. I will re-sync my folders and let you know. Is 1.4.83 beta still latest build for Synology? I have a DS213+ and a DS1513+. The DS213+ is popping up a message that says there is a newer version available but links to this site: http://www.bittorrent.com/sync/download Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1v Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 AP,it sounds like BTSync is doing an internal check and pointing you towards the website, however on our NAS we are at the mercy of the SynoCommunity, a group not associated with BTSync. We must wait until the SyncoCommunity update their App. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 @AP-123We did not release official Synology package yet. Though. SynoCommunity offers their own package, latest version they packaged is 1.4.83. You can try to upgrade it manually - you'll need an SSH access to your NAS and replace old binary with a new one. Binary should stay in "/usr/local/btsync/bin" folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCamaleo Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 +1 for an official version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chmars2020 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 In particular an official version with automatic updates etc. The currently available unofficial version for Synology NAS is too much of a hack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AP-123 Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Moved from btsync to Cloud Station - a few weeks ago. It works without any issues for me. Very happy with the move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syberjj Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 +1 for oficial app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Hi @all, BitTorrent have launched official Synology package testing recently, so anyone interested - please feel free to join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerosyn Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 I bought a DS215j with Armada 375 cpu and found there's no available BTSync package in SynoCommunity or the official testing.Synology engineers told me the tool chain for this cpu is published, could anybody build a package?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preston3 Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 What is the status of the official package? I have been singing Bittorrent's praise on the Synology site and am running the unofficial package now but had a huge problem with it resulting in a disfunctional diskstation in an earlier release a few months ago (since that time it has been stable though) so I am quite desperate for an official release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 @Preston3We do have official package, although it is not in Synology repository yet - so you have to install it as external package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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