Synology rc.local file

Then, click Apply to save your settings. Under the File filter tab, you can set a maximum file size or blacklist filenames or file types so they will not be synced. Under the Sync direction tab, you can choose whether to sync bidirectionally, or only download data from your Synology NAS.

Click Done to complete setup. It enables you to sync files between various sources and destinations, such as sync PC to PC, sync two external hard drives , and sync local folders to NAS or cloud drives, etc. It allows you to perform file sync on a schedule. Step 1. Step 2. Edit the task name based on your needs. Step 3. Expand the drop-down menu of the second bar and choose Select a network location. Step 4. I've not tested what happens if there are two conflicting config lines.

Now, you want this script to run before Samba starts. I tried adding it to rc. What I decided to do was create a "service" that the Synology box calls before it starts Samba, but after it has re-built the config which it does every time the machine boots.

The Samba service is S80samba. That's it! Now, if you reboot the NAS server, you should get the permissions in Samba as you wanted. This tutorial is intended for users with specific needs. If a command included in this script fails to execute, the service which will call rc.

In my example, I will use the rc. You can write any script you want to be executed at the start except for networking scripts such as iptables which may interfere with the normal startup process and have their own startup scripts or directories.

Now you can start the rc-local. Run the command shown below:. The process described above is old, obsolete, and may crash some services. This section shows the current process to start scripts or services at boot for Linux distributions using Systemd. Systemd is a services manager who assigns services control groups cgroup and tracks processes. Systemd is the process PID 1 responsible for the system startup. To add services or scripts at startup, you need to create a systemd unit.