Curious about sync efficiency /protocol for newly added files
@darkpixel wrote: I have syncthing deployed on approximately 30 servers at the moment to keep a common ‘deployment’ folder up-to-date. Each of those 30 servers are at their own separate office. They...
View ArticleFreebsd umask support
@zipitup wrote: I am trying to get all files written by syncthing to rw-rw-r-- but it keeps defaulting to rw-r–r-- even with ignore permissions enabled. I’ve fixed login.conf with umask 002 but that...
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retry but not yet
@po220 wrote: Hello I tested thingsync 3 years ago, it worked well and the principle was just great. but I finally gave up because of a problem : I never knew which device was in which state (sync ?,...
View ArticleSyncthing and MS Windows Server 2016, fatal error: winmm.dll not found
Hi, i’m trying to setup syncthing-windows-amd64-v1.4.2 on a fresh installation of MS Windows Server 2016. I’ve put the synchting folder under “C:\Program Files” and when i launch synchting.exe, i...
View ArticleInteresting read: how Dropbox tested its new sync engine
Not strictly related to Syncthing but shows a bit how Dropbox tackles the syncing problem. https://dropbox.tech/infrastructure/-testing-our-new-sync-engine 1 post - 1 participant Read full topic
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What is Syncthing telling me in these screens?
I am using sync thing to file shadow the files from a PC to a NAS. The Nas is a dlink running Alt-f firmware and latest syncthing. PC is windows XP running last capable version of syncthing. Set up as...
View ArticleError upgrading to armhf 1.5.0~rc2
I get the following error when trying to upgrade to latest rc2: Err:1 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing/candidate armhf syncthing armhf 1.5.0~rc.2 GnuTLS recv error (-9): A TLS packet with...
View ArticleFeature request: I wish the syncthing could cync two folders in the same device.
I think many people have such a demand like: sycing C:\work_folder to C:\another_work_folder. But syncthing only support a unique ID between different devices, we can’t make C:\work_folder and...
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zfs pool + mount --bind + Syncthing problem after unmounting the pool
Hi, my setup is as follows: ZFS pool /pool0 /pool0/Software/IrfanView is a “real-data” folder /view/pool0 is a “real-data” folder Pool is auto-mounted on startup I intended to work around using...
View ArticleNew feature to implement
Hello. I’m Computer Science student, who is trying to contribute to Syncthing as part of my classes. In next weeks I should implement a feature, so I wanted to ask what is the best feature to work on?...
View ArticleTips for ntfs on linux (ntfs-3g)
If you’re using both linux and windows you’re likely using ntfs. And that works really well on linux, but has one very important non-standard setting and a few other quirks. This is nothing...
View ArticleSecure storage at intermediate server?
Hello All! I was a heavy Resilio user and synced everything between my computers, servers and mobiles. But due to some not solved problems with their mobile app I have to half migrate to Syncthing....
View ArticleSetting web GUI port for syncthing -- multiple users on single host w/ systemd
I found these instructions very helpful for setting up syncthing for multiple users on a single host using systemd. I used the following to add the systemd files for each user on an ubuntu machine:...
View ArticleWindows 10 occasionally locking up after a period of time
Just putting this out there in case others are having the same issue. So treat this as an observation. So recently I rejoined two instances of Syncthing, essentially putting it all back to how it was...
View ArticleHow do I open Syncthing in a different browser? (Linux)
I don’t think syncthing has a -browser flag that would let me open it in a different browser. Can someone suggest me what to do, or help me write a script which can generate a headless syncthing...
View ArticleOverride Changes Loop
Hi, So i am trying out Syncthing to have my large music folder map sync to my phone each time i make changes to the map on my laptop. I want the folder on my laptop to be send only so i don’t...
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Syncthing treats multi-core Android devices as single-core
First of all, I want to say that I am not sure whether this is a generic problem, or rather something limited to my Android devices only. Anyhow, on two different multi-core devices, I have observed...
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Optimising Syncthing for low end hardware
First of all, I know that many topics have been created to discuss the question of running Syncthing on low end / slow / old devices, and I have done my part to search and study them. The problem is...
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Syncthing config.xml cosmetic issue
Hi, I’m currently on Syncthing v1.4.2 (Windows 10 x64) - official version. Storing my Syncthing config text files in Git, I noticed while changing settings through the Web UI, that the order of XML...
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Syncthing Web UI bug: Cannot rescan single folder but all
Hi, I think I’ve found another bug in the Web UI. When a folder shows the “Local Additions” - “Revert local additions” state and button, the “rescan” button is greyed out for the affected folder....
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