I’m looking for a way in Plasma to backup and sync my data from PC to a LAN Samba share on my NAS, using a GUI program.

The many sync apps (Grsync, Unison, Lucky, RealTime, Kup etc.) I’ve tried over many years, don’t let me set a remote/samba target. Most navigate locally only. I would mount the share, but nobody I’ve found knows of a GUI way to permanently mount it.

Everything else I need on Plasma has a GUI solution. Just a sync fails. I’d be grateful to hear of a GUI solution

  • Tippon
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    111 months ago

    Can you install Syncthing on your NAS? I’ve been using it with my Synology NAS to sync my music from my PC.

    I set my PC to be read only for the share, so that nothing else on my network can accidentally overwrite anything.

    • @ian@feddit.ukOP
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      111 months ago

      Thanks but no. It’s an off the shelf NAS disk (WD My-Cloud 4TB) with setup access via a web page. Technically it might be possible, requiring an IT hack. But I’m looking for a user-centric way.

      • Tippon
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        111 months ago

        That’s a shame, it would have made things easier