Just to confirm (P2P Basics) when physically moving a folder

[Robsco]

I've created a folder on a machine, filled it with stuff, and shared it.

I've created an empty folder on another machine, and sync'd it with the first folder above, and watched it fill up with the contents.  All good here.

I now want to move that folder on the first machine (to under a different linux user).

Rather than try to mess about moving the folder and keep resilio happy...

Can I simply run another instance of resilio under the different linux user, create a new empty folder, and sync it with the same key?  Then simply destroy the first folder?  (unlink it from resilio, then delete it).

I'm still in the mindset that the first machine was the one that created and started the sync, so it is therefore in some way special.

The first machine was the one that got to choose whether it's read/write, and if clients need to be approved.

So to confirm, whatever clients join my P2P network, are all treated equal?

[Helen]

8 hours ago, Robsco said:

Can I simply run another instance of resilio under the different linux user, create a new empty folder, and sync it with the same key?

yes. that new Sync instance shall be pointed to a different storage folder to keep its settings and database. 

 

[Robsco]

Thanks, I understand that 2 instances are separate, I'm more wondering about the original settings of the folder (ie, read/write, and whether new clients need to be approved).

If the first client is turned off, and then a 3rd client is given the key, can the settings be changed, etc?

[Helen]

if this is the standard folder - yes, new peers can manage sharing prefs . RO peers will only be able to share RO key/link.
if this is advanced folder  - no, only Owner can share this further and change sharing prefs. 

I suggest trying it first on a test share to make sure that you have 100% understanding of how it works so as to avoid surprises

[jdrch]

Is it possible to run Sync as a service and a per-user app simultaneously on the same PC? All my PCs run Sync as a service, and I always assumed that interfered with/prevented running it for other users on them. Is this the case?

[Helen]

technically it's possible - manually register service with sc
sc create resilio binpath= "\"C:\ProgramData\Resilio\Sync.exe\"  /SVC 

By default it's created as LocalSystem logon, so you will want to change it to the user, or add obj and password to command. See more in sc create help