SyncThing (Win10) cannot auto login -- how to solve?

[hhtmp88]

Dear all,

At the very beginning after installed Syncthing on Win10, Syncthing can automatically logged in after run, but I am not sure starting from when, it need me to manually click on the “Sign in” button to login – pls. see attached screen capture:

So my question is, how to make it automatically login? Are there somewhere to set it and make it happens?

Thanks for any kinds of help!

[acolomb (André Colomb)]

You can just disable the authentication in the settings if not needed. Otherwise you should see how your browser or possibly a password manager can fill in the details automatically.

[tomasz86]

It is also possible to embed the password in the URL itself (e.g. https://<user>:<password>@localhost:8384). I find this useful when I want to have Syncthing protected from remote access but also be able to access it easily locally.

[hhtmp88]

thanks acolomb for your comments!

but… I am not sure where to disable, can you show me which menu in the settings?

On the top right hand corner, click “Actions” → “Settings”, then:

→ what next?

or is it in “Advanced Settings”?

Thanks for any kinds of help!

[hhtmp88]

Thanks tomasz86!

will try it out!

[acolomb (André Colomb)]

It’s under the GUI tab, user name and password. Sorry I can’t give s screenshot right now.

[hhtmp88]

Thanks tomasz86!

The password embedded URL " https://<user>:<password>@localhost:8384" does work!

but…

The problem is that I auto-run Syncthing by putting the shortcut of “Syncthing.exe” into the user startup folder: C:\Users<userName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

So, is it possible to embed the password thru something like:

syncthing.exe --user:<username> --pwd:<password>

Thanks!

[acolomb (André Colomb)]

Better split up starting and opening the browser then. Add --no-browser to the command line in your autostart shortcut. Then add another shortcut for the URL, including the user and password.

[hhtmp88]

Dear acolomb,

will try it out!

Thanks!

[hhtmp88]

No use!

still need to click to start:

[acolomb (André Colomb)]

That’s unfortunate behavior of your browser. You could try to make it a “pinned tab”, so it opens every time. I don’t know if that will work without additional authentication, but worth a try.

[tomasz86]

Is this Firefox? If yes, I think there should be a preference in about:config to disable the confirmation pop-up. Chromium browsers seem to just log in without any questions.

[hhtmp88]

not sure which item to disable in “about:config” (have tried to search “popup” or “confirmation”)

do you have any ideas?

Thanks!

[tomasz86]

Please check http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.http.phishy-userpass-length. This is a hidden preference that needs to be added to about:config manually. Also, according to the description, there are some security-related implications of disabling the confirmation dialog entirely, although I’m not sure how relevant it really is, seeing that other browsers don’t use such methods to block automated logins.