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Hi, I’m not sure what I did but I think I messed something up during configuration. Now when I go to the address to access it, I get a message saying that chrome can’t connect. To 127.0.0.1:8080. This is after a brief flash of the syncthing page.

Anyway, I like running a fairly clean machine so I was wondering how I can uninstall from ubuntu 14.04.

Thanks

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Remove the binary, wherever you installed it and rm -rf ~/.config/syncthing. You might also have the default sync directory ~/Sync that you can remove unless you put something interesting in it.

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Thanks for your assistance. I think I have figured out what I did wrong, so once I get rid of it I might give it another go. Just a quick question, if I understand correctly, in order to sync, both nodes must be connected to the net at the same time, as syncthing bypasses the notion of the cloud, is that correct?

Cheers

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Yes, that’s correct!

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Hallo,

first of all thank you so much for syncthing!

I installed OX 10.11 Beta on my old MacBook Pro and transferred all my development system data/setting from TimeMachine.

As I guess also my syncthing setting are on the MBP, before logging in, I feel its better to remove the setting to avoid confusing syncthing.

Unfortunately I cannot find the ~/.config/syncthing folder, most probably it was used in a previous version (I’m running 0.11.8).

However I found out the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Syncthing folder that includes a series of certificates.

I guess it’s sage to remove this folder and then let syncthing to create a new foder and certificates on the new system.

Is this the right procedure to move syncthing to a new system?

Thanks again!

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That’s the location on Mac, removing that plus the syncthing binary is the full uninstall.

(The location is printed after the option summary if you run syncthing -help.)

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Hello boys and girls because I have a problem accessing initially configured with gui and I forgot the password, if I can not delete or change settings in the system is Debian hope your help thanks

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If you cannot modify config.xml, you cannot remove the password.

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thanks for your answer config.xml where I find - I’m new to linux thanks in advance

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it’s in ~/.config/syncthing/config.xml, just remove the username and password entries. If you are using some sort of init scripts, it might be elsewhere, check the scripts.

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Can not open root mode is refused connection thanks

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thanks for your help was solved two hours after the restart and delete config.xml with $ rm …/config.xml

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@Scoon next time, you could try port 8384

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Hi, sorry for my stupid questions but I’m a newbie:

–> You are writing “…removing /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Syncthing plus the binary is the full install…” –> where do I find “the binary”? If i put “syncthing -help” in the console it says “command not found”

once again sorry for the stupid question and thanks in advance

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Presumably at some point you downloaded Syncthing (or you wouldn’t be asking how to uninstall it). Where did you download it to?

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So, the Syncthing binary is not in your $PATH and you have forgotten where you installed it.
Could look like you’re on OS X, and in case search and find it. :wink:

mdfind "kMDItemDisplayName == 'syncthing'"
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Thanks for your answer! I think I was just a bit confused about the wording. If I got it right, “the binary” is this exec file and to uninstall syncthing it is sufficient to delete this file and the Syncthing folder in the path: /Users/username/Library/Application Support/!? No other hidden stuff?

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No other hidden stuff.

Well, there’s the zero byte .stfolder in your folder, and .stversions if you configured versioning but those are your files so would not remove them anyway.

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Thanks for your help earlier. To help others, the syncthing binary in my installation was in /Users/username/bin. In my case I removed it with this command, rm -rf /Users/wylie/bin/syncthing.

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I don’t see why forgot password would require uninstall to recover. Just stop/kill st then edit config.xml as Audrius said. Restart st and enjoy back. BTW, browsers password cache are not designed for platypi :wink: I alway use different random 50+ passwords and help with FF sync I never worry with passwords. Although, I’d be concerned using IE or GC