[Solved] Web Ui Doesn't Save Listening Port

[sirio81]

I installed 1.4.91 x86_64 on a debian wheezy.

It lost all my old settings, but that's not so problematic for me.

 

I need to set a precise listening port because of firewall reasons.

I do it but once I close the settings windows and enter again, it shows a new random port.

I also noticed that if I uncheck "Listening port", it checks it againg.

 

I've been double checking file ownsership and permission.

 

I also enabled debug but I see nothing in the log.

[GreatMarko]

Yes - this is a known issue (in fact it's been a known issue for the last couple of builds!)

 

The devs are aware of this, and I'm sure it will be fixed at some point.

 

In the meantime, the workaround is to set the listening port via the config file instead.

[Scuttle]

Could you please explain how I create this file and what it should contain? I'm running 1.4 latest version under Windows

[sirio81]

Here's an example

{  "device_name": "myPC",  "listening_port" : 50263, // 0 - randomize port  "use_upnp" : flase,  "download_limit" : 0,  "upload_limit" : 2048,  "webui" :  {    "listen" : "0.0.0.0:8888" // remove field to disable WebUI  }}

Save this to a file, e.g. sync.conf

Start btsync using this file

  ./btsync --config sync.conf

 

Check

./btsync --help

 

To generate an example file with comments

./btsync --dump-sample-config > sync.conf

then edit sync.conf

 

Every line that starts with // is a comment.

Every line between /* and */ is a comment.

[Scuttle]

Yeah, nothing of this worked. No matter which of these I try the application just starts. The port is still random

[sirio81]

Don't enter the setting from the web ui or the port will change.

You can check if it's listening on the right port by

netstat -l --udp --numeric | grep <your port number>

 

Ayway, today has been released the new version and it seems to fix this problem.

[GreatMarko]

@all - this issue has now been resolved as of 1.4.93

[drego85]

@all - this issue has now been resolved as of 1.4.93

Great job, I can confirm that now it's okay!