I was able to run Syncthing on my main laptop that has manjaro to back up my files on to the home server. I have Syncthing installed inside Casa OS on the server. After running updates and restarting my laptop (manjaro) I am not able to restart the Syncthing service.
Any help is appreciated.
I used the below commands with no results.
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable syncthing@user
sudo systemctl start syncthing@user
From reading this:
it appears that the service is started / enabled with:
systemctl start syncthing.service
systemctl enable syncthing.service
system wide - or with the additional --user flag on a per user basis
⌠different syntax
⌠no sudo needed
What where the responses to the commands you said you used?
What was the result of:
systemctl status syncthing.service
before and after?
cave:
I donât use it, I donât know it - these are only my guesses after reading the Arch Wiki
systemctl status syncthing.service î˛ 
Unit syncthing.service could not be found.
when I run:
sudo pacman -S syncthing î˛
[sudo] password for user-pc:
warning: syncthing-1.27.2-1 is up to date â reinstalling
resolving dependenciesâŚ
looking for conflicting packagesâŚ
Packages (1) syncthing-1.27.2-1
Total Installed Size: 24.24 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n}
I am using syncthing to distribute code updates to a server.
syncthing client should never be run as a system service - security - everyone will have access to the configuration and folders shared.
syncthing runs as a user service (no elevated permissions required)
systemctl stop --user syncthing
systemctl start --user syncthing
systemctl status --user syncthing
I have syncthing running here, quite perfectly;
$ systemctl status --user syncthing.service
â syncthing.service - Syncthing - Open Source Continuous File Synchronization
Loaded: loaded (/home/mirdarthos/.config/systemd/user/syncthing.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-02-07 17:12:39 SAST; 2 days ago
Docs: man:syncthing(1)
Main PID: 853 (syncthing)
Tasks: 26 (limit: 19075)
Memory: 75.5M (peak: 96.0M zswap: 740.2K)
CPU: 35.917s
CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service/app.slice/syncthing.service
ââ853 /usr/bin/syncthing serve --no-browser --no-restart --logflags=0
ââ872 /usr/bin/syncthing serve --no-browser --no-restart --logflags=0
Feb 10 09:19:09 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Connection from <XXXXX-XXXXX*XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX> at 10.0.0.206:22000 (tcp-server) rejected: already connected to this device
Feb 10 09:20:09 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Connection from <XXXXX-XXXXX*XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX> at 10.0.0.206:22000 (tcp-server) rejected: already connected to this device
Feb 10 09:21:09 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Connection from <XXXXX-XXXXX*XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX> at 10.0.0.206:22000 (tcp-server) rejected: already connected to this device
Feb 10 09:21:23 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Lost primary connection to ZHCDBOI at 10.0.0.20:22000-10.0.0.100:22000/tcp-client/TLS1.3-TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256/LAN-P10-5TIDRTF07MNGUJFI4070MN2R6S: read timeout (0 remain)
Feb 10 09:21:23 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Connection to ZHCDBOI at 10.0.0.20:22000-10.0.0.100:22000/tcp-client/TLS1.3-TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256/LAN-P10-5TIDRTF07MNGUJFI4070MN2R6S closed: read timeout
Feb 10 09:21:24 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Established secure connection to ZHCDBOI at 10.0.0.20:22000-10.0.0.206:22000/tcp-client/TLS1.3-TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256/LAN-P10-5TIDTI23BN8QMAH7NI4S4HTE2O
Feb 10 09:21:24 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Device ZHCDBOI client is "syncthing v1.27.3" named "Mirdarthos Tablet" at 10.0.0.20:22000-10.0.0.206:22000/tcp-client/TLS1.3-TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256/LAN-P10-5TIDTI23BN8QMAH7NI4S4HTE2O
Feb 10 09:21:25 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Ignoring folder "Blaffe Pictures" (49dsa-6u3ug) from device <XXXXX-XXXXX*XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX> since we are configured to
Feb 10 09:21:25 Mirdarthos-PC syncthing[853]: [VVBCU] INFO: Ignoring folder "Parrakie" (8hwsm-z37c6) from device <XXXXX-XXXXX*XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX> since we are configured to
Please provide the output of:
systemctl status --user syncthing.service
And
journalctl --no-pager --unit=syncthing.service
Where:
--no-pager formats the output nicely for use here, on the forum; and--unit=syncthing.service limits the messages to be only from the syncthing unit.
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This will just cause the terminal output to be in English, making it easier to understand and debug.
In case someone finds this thread and finds this useful:
I use it to monitor both my PCâs syncthing instance, as well as my Rasberry Piâs. I no longer have to open a browser-window specifically for it, there is now a nice icon in my Notification area:
This is excellent! Very polished and useful.
Thanks linus-aarhus,
These commands worked.
How to install Syncthingtray ?
Please share any info.
Itâs in the AUR:
$ pamac search syncthingtray
[...]
syncthingtray 1.4.12-1 [Installed] AUR
Tray application for Syncthing
So itâs easy to install with:
pamac build syncthingtray
Note: I canât help you with the setup as I canât remember exactly what to do, but I believe youâll find all the information on the github page I linked to earlier:
Thanks,
"pamac build syncthingtrayââ
worked and all looks good !