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@ava1ar, Al-right, but in no way does it change the issue. I want to run it as system user, but I can't run it as root, I can't run it as user, and I can't run it as user with sudo.

@lockheed There is no option to run btsync as root. You can chose from 2 options: running system instance as dedicated btsync user or running per-user instance with user-specific configuration. Per-user instance requires either manual configuration before use or installing btsync-autoconfig package to create initial configuration automatically. Please read package post-install/post-upgrade instructions for details.

I can't get btsync to run. I install it from scratch, and as I want to run it as root user, I don't edit the /etc/btsync.conf But when I try to run the service, I get: Can't open pid file /usr/bin/.sync//sync.pid. Permission denied Why?

@rollhax Thanks for digging into this and sharing your findings - they may be really useful for other people using btsync from AUR. Personally I did not face any issues (may be because I am not using password on my btsync isntances). I will update post_install instructions with link to the forum thread on mentioned in case somebody else will face same issues. P.S. Damn EULA! Why not just share code under GPL and forget about that crap.

I managed to get it working. My steps: pacman -R btsync rm -rf /var/lib/btsync (and other btsync-related files/dirs) Download btsync from getsync.com Run btsync withOUT a config file, get it setup Stop btsync, re-run with my config file, profit (I then wrote a systemd service config) This is apparently a somewhat known issue in the community. See one of the comments on http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/31476-btsync-on-linux-not-saving-settings-other-issues/ for another possible fix.

@ava1ar The arch installation is pretty new/mostly up-to-date. Nothing special about it, and I'm experiencing the issue on 3 separate arch installs, all of varying age/updatedness. No problems to speak of, one box (the one I managed to get it kind-of working on for a day or two) hasn't been updated in months, the others are kept pretty up-to-date. I'll keep kicking at it. I have a support ticket in to bittorrent inc, as well as a forum post: http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/31476-btsync-on-linux-not-saving-settings-other-issues/

@rollhax Issues with the post_upgrade its my fault - I already re-uploaded PKGBUILD with fix applied. What about issues with btsync itself - it is strange, I did not see anything similar. I have no clue what may cause this. Do you have updated arch installation? Anything specific with it? Did you see similar problems with other applications?

post_upgrade directions are not showing. For me, it just prints the words "post_upgrade" (but I can see it if I edit btsync.install). Also, after setup, when I try to log into the webgui, I get a bunch of http status 500 errors with the following response string: "Need to agree with the license" Any ideas? To be clear, I am clicking the "I agree" checkbox when creating my user (although it's odd, because I have a user/password set in my btsync.conf file, which is as follows): { "device_name": "btsync", "listening_port" : 0, // 0 - randomize port "storage_path" : "/home/dusty/.config/btsync", "pid_file" : "/home/dusty/.config/btsync/btsync.pid", "use_upnp" : false, "download_limit" : 0, "upload_limit" : 0, "webui" : { "listen" : "0.0.0.0:8888" // remove field to disable WebUI ,"login" : "dusty" //,"password" : "password" ,"password_hash" : "obfuscated" // password hash in crypt(3) format //,allow_empty_password" : false // Defaults to true //,"directory_root" : "/home/dusty" } }

@JibbsIsMe It will be created after you start the btsync and deleted after it stopped. You don't need to do anything related to pid, except specifying its location in btsync.conf.