Running Syncthing without admin user!

[Phylongue]

I have installed syncthing on GT-AX11000 running AsusWRT-Merlin. However, it is being run as root user "admin". I was wondering if there is a possibility to change the user who runs it.

I used the following command:

opkg install syncthing

It created the following service file

#!/bin/sh

ENABLED=yes
PROCS=syncthing
ARGS=""
PREARGS=""
DESC=$PROCS
PATH=/opt/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

. /opt/etc/init.d/rc.func

if [ ! -d /opt/etc/syncthing ]; then
   syncthing -generate="/opt/etc/syncthing"
   sed -i 's|127.0.0.1:8384|0.0.0.0:8384|' /opt/etc/syncthing/config.xml
elif [[ -f /opt/etc/syncthing/config.xml ]]; then
   sed -i 's|127.0.0.1:8384|0.0.0.0:8384|' /opt/etc/syncthing/config.xml
fi

 

[domic]

I have installed syncthing on GT-AX11000 running AsusWRT-Merlin. However, it is being run as root user "admin". I was wondering if there is a possibility to change the user who runs it.

I used the following command:



It created the following service file

#!/bin/sh

ENABLED=yes
PROCS=syncthing
ARGS=""
PREARGS=""
DESC=$PROCS
PATH=/opt/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

. /opt/etc/init.d/rc.func

if [ ! -d /opt/etc/syncthing ]; then
   syncthing -generate="/opt/etc/syncthing"
   sed -i 's|127.0.0.1:8384|0.0.0.0:8384|' /opt/etc/syncthing/config.xml
elif [[ -f /opt/etc/syncthing/config.xml ]]; then
   sed -i 's|127.0.0.1:8384|0.0.0.0:8384|' /opt/etc/syncthing/config.xml
fi

AsusWRT itself and any derivatives is only built to work with one root account, although you can rename 'admin' to whatever you desire in the Web GUI.

I'd just create a good password, keep the firmware software updated and most importantly, close any unnecessary open ports and services to the internet (WAN) and tunnel my way in through a reliable VPN server like OpenVPN or WireGuard etc. Good luck!