

- #Synology drive client connection failed install
- #Synology drive client connection failed update
- #Synology drive client connection failed password
Select the Users component and create or ensure your user has SFTP access. You can do this under Control Panel also. We just need to make sure that a user is able to access the SFTP service.
#Synology drive client connection failed password
Ensure the user password does not have any special characters if you are getting authentication errors.In some cases you may need to append /home to your WebDAV URL.If using your own (untrusted) SSL certificate, ensure “Allow Untrusted Certificate” is enabled.Ensure Synology user account has WebDAV permissions.Make sure the WebDAV port is forwarded on the router if accessing remotely.Make sure the WebDAV port is enabled in the Synology’s firewall.Ensure that the correct WebDAV port number is used in the URL/Address you enter.These may or may not apply to you and haven’t been verified: Some tips/tricks from other users who managed to get WebDAV working on their setups. Finally add that database and you’re all set!.All going well you should now be able to browse your file system for your password database.You may not have configured a fully functional certificate (we would recommend that you do, you could use Lets Encrypt for example), if your certificate isn’t valid, then tick the ‘Allow Untrusted Certificate’ checkbox in Strongbox.

#Synology drive client connection failed install
Go to Package Center to install WebDAV Server.Log in to the Disk Station Manager or DSM with an account belonging to the administrators group.In this article we’ll cover getting WebDAV or SFTP up and running and connecting via Strongbox’s built in WebDAV support. This is all the more pressing now with the release of the broken DS File update. Unfortunately there are reports that SMB isn’t very reliable via iOS Files and also suffers from security issues, so using it over the public Internet isn’t recommended. You can also access your NAS via SFTP/WebDAV using the MacOS version of Strongbox. We always recommend users use either WebDAV or SFTP to sync their databases with their Synology NAS devices as it appears to be a much more reliable method and isn’t prone to getting things out of sync or randomly failing. We continue to recommend the methods below.
#Synology drive client connection failed update
Update 13-Sept-2021: We are receiving reports that Synology have now fixed their App. So we would like to make sure everyone is aware of the best way to perform sync with a Synology device. Unfortunately we don’t know exactly what Synology have done here, and there’s little we can do to fix things. It seems that Synology released an update (version 5.15.0 on April 13th 2021) to their DS File App which appears to be problematic for users who use the “Files” method to sync their databases with Strongbox.
