rclone on a pc?

[LBR2]

What is the problem you are having with rclone?

I have installed rclone on my NAS and use it to synchronise files internally. If I now want to synchronise files from a PC with my NAS via rclone, does rclone also need to be installed on a PC?

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

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Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.

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[kapitainsky]

No it does not have to as long as it can access your files. You can for example share your PC dir over SMB etc.

[LBR2]

Thank you very much for your answer.
If I want to take the folder of my PC via SMB. What do I have to enter under Host in rclone? Just the IP address of the PC? How does rclone know which folder this is?

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

what is the OS of the PC, windows, linux or what?

@LBR2

If I want to take the folder of my PC via SMB

so you want to share a folder on your PC, so the NAS can access it?
and run rclone on the NAS?

[LBR2]

@asdffdsa

so you want to share a folder on your PC, so the NAS can access it?
and run rclone on the NAS?

That's exactly what I want to do. The OS is Windows.

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

what is the make of the NAS, synology or what?

@LBR2

The OS is Windows

the internet is full of guides on how to share a folder on windows.
https://www.makeuseof.com/how-network-file-share-windows-10/

then you want to run rclone on the NAS?

[LBR2]

@asdffdsa

then you want to run rclone on the NAS?

Yes, exactly. I have already installed it and it works on the NAS. Only the Windows share is missing

[asdffdsa (jojothehumanmonkey)]

fwiw, not sure that is a good idea.
as i explain in my howto guide, rclone smb remote lacks support for file verification using checksums.
that is why i always use native mount

How to access SMB/SAMBA with rclone

note: rclone does have a smb remote but imho, not recommended for production. https://rclone.org/overview/#features [image] lacks modtime support. lacks file verification using checksum/hash. relies on an upstream third-party library. i could be wrong, but it has not been updated since Jul 15, 2022 too many bugs/issues at rclone github, including some are waiting on waiting for upstream... https://github.com/rclone/rclone/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+smb luckily, it is easy to access SMB/…

and another thing i would not do, especially if this is your first time working with smb/samba shares.
to share a folder on your windows machine, unless you are 100% sure how to lock down the share.
must create a new username and password and only allow that user to access the share.
otherwise, can expose your entire windows machine.

instead, i would create the dedicated share on the NAS, then run rclone or any copy tool, on the windows machine.

but if you must create a windows share.
then on the NAS, to access the windows share.
use native mount as per my wiki
else
create a smb remote - https://rclone.org/smb/