Just installed Syncthing on my Scale server. It looks like it doesn’t have users but rather folder IDs that are then used to sync devices. One of the cool features of Nextcloud is the ability to share files with other users. Can this be done with Syncthing?

  • bastionEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Think of it like this:

    • there’s a syncthing share
    • you connect any devices you want to that share
    • each device uses a local folder to act as that share
    • the devices need to know each other

    Then, syncthing sorts it all out. You can move a file into the share on phone1, and it’ll show up on phone2. Move it out of that share on phone2, and it disappears from phone1. Same deal for any other device connected to that share.

    You can make this all simpler by using the same name for the share and on all folders:

    • A share named Kim-n-Max
    • A folder named /storage/emulated/0/shares/Kim-n-Max on Max’s phone
    • A folder named /storage/Kim-n-Max on Kim’s phone
    • A folder named c:\Users\Max\Kim-n-Max on Max’s computer

    …all is pretty clear then.