From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Nov 25 11:42:26 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D699A365C8 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:42:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S33.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s33.hotmail.com [65.55.111.172]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4669211DE for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:42:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP161 ([65.55.111.136]) by BLU004-OMC4S33.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:41:18 -0800 X-TMN: [4nmr+3+Zn0QcfqbEDa7eFVq5N+HV0lmQ] X-Originating-Email: [carmel_ny@outlook.com] Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 06:41:16 -0500 From: Carmel NY To: FreeBSD FreeBSD Subject: Btsync on FreeeBSD Organization: seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Nov 2015 11:41:18.0297 (UTC) FILETIME=[32D61490:01D12776] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:42:26 -0000 I am having a problem that I just cannot seem to work around, I have "btsync-2.2.6" installed on a FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-p7 machine. I am using it to primarily link files from a Windows 10 PC. I am using the commercial version on the Windows PC. The Windows part works fine. It is when I place the link into the "manual connection" box on the FreeBSD. The link must be copied and manually inserted. The simple clinking on of the link that works fine on a Windows machine fails on FreeBSD. The real problem is that I now receive an error that "btsync" does not have permission to write to that folder. I have changed the folder locations to my home directory. I finally got around that problem by changing the OWNER/GROUP to btsync as the owner leaving myself as the group. Now, btsync will sync with the Windows machine. This does not solve all of my problems though. I now cannot save, copy or move any files to this "btsync" directory unless I do so as the superuser. I even tried changing the directory permissions to "0777". Now, I can write to the directory; however, "btsync" will not sync those files to the Windows machine. Apparently because the owner of the file is not "btsync". Also, I am forced to manually change the permissions of any sub-directories that "btsync" creates. A real PIA in several instances. I am at a loss here as how to make this work. I was thinking that perhaps "acls" would be the an-swer, but I do not know how to use them and specifically, how to use them on only one directory and any sub-directories. If anyone has experience with "btsync", I would love hearing about your experience. -- Carmel