# FreeNAS Syncthing plugin permissions strangeness **URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/freenas-syncthing-plugin-permissions-strangeness/12622 **Category:** Support **Created:** [January 1, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/freenas-syncthing-plugin-permissions-strangeness/12622 "2019-01-01T17:57:53Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/audriusbutkevicius/32/277_2.png) [@AudriusButkevicius](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/AudriusButkevicius) #### Post date: [January 1, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/freenas-syncthing-plugin-permissions-strangeness/12622/2 "2019-01-01T18:59:39Z")
> [@Permission Denied on any path I choose (FreeNAS)](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/permission-denied-on-any-path-i-choose-freenas/1729): > > If I try to create or use an existing directory on my FreeNAS (To replicate to another FreeNAS) I am met with permission denied. So if I try to replicate for example /mnt/volume1 , or create a new directory (/replicationtest) Syncthing just comes up with the same error each time. Help! > [@Many Out of Sync items after inital sync](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/many-out-of-sync-items-after-inital-sync/7199): > > I have setup syncthing to backup files from my Windows 8.1 laptop in C:\Users (source) to a freenas 9.2 based syncthing (target). After setting up the C:\Users folder the initial syncs begins. The source folder is configured as a “Folder Master”. After the initial sync the target shows “Out of Sync” for all files. I checked the directories with freefilesync and found that in the target all files are replicated with a “.syncthing.” prefix. Enclosed find screenshots of the target syncthing > [@Syncthing on FreeNAS: Files transfer completely but .syncthing prefix and .tmp suffix never get removed](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/syncthing-on-freenas-files-transfer-completely-but-syncthing-prefix-and-tmp-suffix-never-get-removed/11394): > > So I am trying to sync between my Mac and a FreeNAS. For those of you not familiar, FreeNAS is an open-source OS that turns any x86 box into a free-standing NAS with a web GUI, based on FreeBSD. Syncthing is available as a plugin for FreeNAS, and runs in a jail (for those familiar with that UNIX concept). The rub in my case is that the FreeNAS can connect to a Windows Domain Controller on the network and serve Samba shares and have their permissions managed by the domain controller. Unfortunate… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/freenas-syncthing-plugin-permissions-strangeness/12622)._