I am setting up Acrosync for a trial.
I've not been able connect to my Synology NAS. I'm using Synology DSM 6.0. I've been horsing around with the settings for sometime and I'm not aware of any that are incorrect. I think the problem may be this instruction from the Acrosync support page:
"
To connect, enter username root and the root password, enter / as the remote directory, then click the remote browsing button to choose a directory to sync."
Apparently, DSM 6.0 has eliminated the 'root' login. Please see this post:
https://www.santsys.com/s2blog/synology-dsm-6-0-no-more-root/I've tried logging in as 'admin' and under my own username. (I'm part of the administrative group.)
That has not worked.
Please let me know how to proceed.
Thank you.
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Logging in as admin with the remote directory empty yields two directories:
1. 'sieve' which itself contains a temporary directory and a file called roundcube.sieve, and
2. 'www' which contains an assortment of web site files that I was playing with a year or more ago and have not touched since.
Putting '/' in the remote directory yields: "Error: module is write only"
I can navigate to the needed directory with ssh using putty.exe
That's all there is to report, I'm afraid.
THE REMOTE BROWSING DIALOG SHOWS NO DIRECTORIES. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
By default Acrosync lists the home directory under the ssh mode. So if you don't have any file on your home directory you will see an empty list. There are a few options:
login as: admin
admin@192.168.0.19's password:
admin@DiskStation:~$ pwd
/var/services/homes/admin
admin@DiskStation:~$ ls -l
total 4
drwxrwxrwx 2 admin users 4096 Oct 13 2015 www
admin@DiskStation:~$ dir
total 20
drwxrwxrwx 4 admin users 4096 Oct 13 2015 .
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 4096 May 12 2015 ..
drwxrwxrwx 5 admin users 4096 May 4 20:12 .Maildir
drwxrwxrwx 2 admin users 4096 Oct 13 2015 www
admin@DiskStation:~$
...but as you can see, when you login as 'admin' the working directory is not '/' but rather, "/var/services/homes/admin". I tried to create a symbolic link from '/var/services/homes/admin' to '/volume1', but it failed for reason of permissions. DSM is tightly wrapped, and I am a user, not a developer. I'm sure there is a reason why Synology points its login to a directory 3 levels below 'var,' but I couldn't change it with "ln -s" and I'm afraid to start forcing things.
I've tried the three solutions in the last post, but I have not met with success.
Sorry, it just does not appear that this solution will work for me. Thank you for you time.
However, resetting the root password did. To do so:
1. log in to Synology NAS using putty.exe
2. run "sudo synouser --setpw root [PASSWORD]" no quotes; two dashes before setpw; [PASSWORD] is replaced with the password used for the admin account.
3. then, in Acrosync, enter username root and the root password, enter / as the remote directory, then click the remote browsing button to choose a directory to sync
I successfully chose a directory after following this process. However, I still could not use the program.
The local directory I chose was C:/Users. When I click the start button, Acrosync returns:
"Directory Error"
"Failed to create 'C:/Users/.acrosync' as a directory."
I have tried running Acrosync normally and by selecting 'run as adminstrator.' Both returned this error. I also disabled my anti-virus software. The error persisted.
I just installed the Acrosync trial to push data to a Synology NAS running DSM 6.2.2 update 4.
When I try to specify the remote directory I receive the same ERROR: module is write only error that others have run into here. Based on the suggestions in this thread, I'm running Acrosync as admin (closing the existing instance first).
When I uncheck Over SSH in Acrosync I can see the folders in the root but I can't specify folders within any of those. When I try I receive this error: Failed to establish the connection: account system disabled.
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility"
- Created admin (username) as part of administrator group for login (Acrosync). Assigned username to shared folder.
- Change SSH port (newport) to anything besides port 22.
- Putty to Synology with newport and login using username.
- Set the symlink sudo mount --bind /volume1/homes/admin/Drive /volume1/shared folder.
In Acrosync: