FreeFileSync Forum

It is related to Topic 11895 as you say. The one extra piece of information I would add is that most variants of Linux _can_ do what's described there as a workaround for MacOS, i.e. you poke around with a tool such as a file browser (e.g. Dolphin or Thunar) to prompt the system to auto-mount the ...

I have a Linux (Debian) home server that exports a bunch of folders as SMB (Samba) shares, along with multiple Windows PCs as clients.

I am now switching to Linux (KDE Neon). As a long time FreeFileSync user I naturally installed the Linux version of FFS.

On Windows I don't have to pre-mount ...

I'm afraid I don't have insight into the inner workings of FFS so I can't really comment. My suspicion is the really complex stuff (and hence complex problems) are happening in Windows offline files, and FFS is just another windows client application with limited control over what happens.

Like you ...

In my case the problem was caused by Windows (Pro) native file synch (offline files) being pointed at the server folder I was trying to write to, and it being out of sync.

This is ironic, when it was Windows sync's poor reliability that got me using FFS in the first place!

Anyway, Windows offline ...

FFS: 7.4

I'm getting the same problem. I'm running FFS 7.4 (stuck on an older version because it's set up by our IT department).

On my previous laptop FFS ran without a hitch, synching a folder on the laptop to a share on our main file servers.

Having upgraded to a new laptop and (I think ...