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All,

I am trying to setup Syncthing on a WIN7 machine with LAN mounted directories. The response I am receiving the following error 10:47:57: Stopping folder “Work-S” - mkdir s:: The system cannot find the path specified.

I tried defing the folder as “s:” or “s:/” with same results. Any idea?

Thanking you in advance

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Does s:\ in fact exist?

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of course. :- )

It’s there for a few years, (had no problem with another sync software (BTSync) Thanks for your response/ MS

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Can you provide your config? (with the sensitive bits removed) Also, try capital S

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Hi,

I tried capital S with no success.

Here is the file:

<configuration version="10">
    <folder id="default" path="C:\Users\WIN7\Sync" ro="false" rescanIntervalS="60" ignorePerms="false" autoNormalize="false">
        <device id="{REMOVED}"></device>
        <versioning></versioning>
        <lenientMtimes>false</lenientMtimes>
        <copiers>1</copiers>
        <pullers>16</pullers>
        <hashers>0</hashers>
    </folder>
    <folder id="s-work" path="S:\" ro="false" rescanIntervalS="60" ignorePerms="false" autoNormalize="true">
        <device id="{REMOVED}"></device>
        <versioning type="simple">
            <param key="keep" val="10"></param>
        </versioning>
        <lenientMtimes>false</lenientMtimes>
        <copiers>1</copiers>
        <pullers>16</pullers>
        <hashers>0</hashers>
    </folder>
    <device id="{REMOVED}" name="MOSHE-WORK" compression="metadata" introducer="false">
        <address>dynamic</address>
    </device>
    <gui enabled="true" tls="false">
        <address>127.0.0.1:8080</address>
        <apikey>{REMOVED}</apikey>
    </gui>
    <options>
        <listenAddress>0.0.0.0:22000</listenAddress>
        <globalAnnounceServer>udp4://announce.syncthing.net:22026</globalAnnounceServer>
        <globalAnnounceServer>udp6://announce-v6.syncthing.net:22026</globalAnnounceServer>
        <globalAnnounceEnabled>true</globalAnnounceEnabled>
        <localAnnounceEnabled>true</localAnnounceEnabled>
        <localAnnouncePort>21025</localAnnouncePort>
        <localAnnounceMCAddr>[ff32::5222]:21026</localAnnounceMCAddr>
        <maxSendKbps>0</maxSendKbps>
        <maxRecvKbps>0</maxRecvKbps>
        <reconnectionIntervalS>60</reconnectionIntervalS>
        <startBrowser>true</startBrowser>
        <upnpEnabled>true</upnpEnabled>
        <upnpLeaseMinutes>0</upnpLeaseMinutes>
        <upnpRenewalMinutes>30</upnpRenewalMinutes>
        <urAccepted>0</urAccepted>
        <urUniqueID></urUniqueID>
        <restartOnWakeup>true</restartOnWakeup>
        <autoUpgradeIntervalH>12</autoUpgradeIntervalH>
        <keepTemporariesH>24</keepTemporariesH>
        <cacheIgnoredFiles>true</cacheIgnoredFiles>
        <progressUpdateIntervalS>5</progressUpdateIntervalS>
        <symlinksEnabled>true</symlinksEnabled>
        <limitBandwidthInLan>false</limitBandwidthInLan>
    </options>
</configuration>```
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ALL

I tried again with full path rather than the drive letter, and got this as a result:

11:59:21: Stopping folder “S-Work” - open \RECEPTION\Office Documents\Moshe.stfolder: Access is denied.

11:59:24: Loading .stignore: open \RECEPTION\Office Documents\Moshe.stignore: Access is denied.

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Full path being \\<machie name>\<path to folder>\? I think you need double \\ in the front. Also make sure you have read/write permission.

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Thanks, but

I put double “\” in fromt. It shows here only one.

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Permissions are RW for Everyone

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Are you using NSSM or something like that to run syncthing as a service?

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YES According to recomendations here:

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NSSM runs stuff under a different user (service user AFAIK) which probably doesn’t have access to the network share.

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Syncthing is logged a local system In any event, the remore directory has RW permissions to EVERYONE.

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Try running syncthing directly and see if that works.

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It seems OK. Should I define the RW permissions for the user AFAIK on the folder?

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Bypass: I created a new local user and used it to run the Syncthing service on local machine. I still had to provide full path rather than the drive letter.

All- Thanks for your help

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Please make sure you’re aware of the security implications of running Syncthing as a service/privileged user, and make sure you secure the GUI. I’ve updated that wiki article.

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