syncthing fails to start on dietpi - cert error

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syncthing fails to start on dietpi. Log shows error: [start] 2019/11/14 04:09:23 INFO: syncthing v1.3.1 “Fermium Flea” (go1.13.3 linux-arm) teamcity@build.syncthing.net 2019-10-07 11:30:25 UTC [start] 2019/11/14 04:09:23 INFO: Generating ECDSA key and certificate for syncthing… [start] 2019/11/14 04:09:24 WARNING: Failed to load/generate certificate: save cert: open /mnt/dietpi_userdata/syncthing/cert.pem: permission denied

The very first dietpi build worked great on my pi. I decided to scrap it and rebuild. Ever since I have been getting this error when I try to start syncthing. I loaded it using dietpi management.

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Syncthing (or, the user it runs as) doesn’t have write permissions on the indicated directory. It needs that.

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For Dietpi specifically, the solution can be found here:

Summary:

chown -R dietpi:dietpi /mnt/dietpi_userdata/syncthing*
systemctl restart syncthing
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