How to Enable Synology Drive File Locking for Shared Folder?
When files and folders are stored on a Hybrid Shared folder on Synology NAS, it becomes difficult to manage them. Just imagine, you edited a file and someone with access to the shared folder made the change to the same file at the same time. As a result, you lost the changes made by you. In this case, the Synology drive file locking feature helps a lot. Read on to know what it is and how to enable it on your NAS to prevent editing conflicts.
What is Synology Drive File Locking?
It is a global file locking mechanism designed to prevent concurrent modifications to a file in a Hybrid Shared folder across a number of Synology hosts. It ensures that only one client can have access to a file via an SMB or NFS connection at a given time. However, other clients can only read the file until you release the lock.
Now that you know what Synology drive file locking is, let us find out how to enable it after accessing NAS via find.synology to prevent simultaneous editing conflicts for your hybrid shared folder.
Basic Requirements to Enable Drive File Locking
You will need a stable internet connection if you want the global file locking mechanism to work properly. This is because it ensures the time when to initiate the lock and when to release it. You will need a minimum OS version of DiskStation Manager 7.2 and a minimum package version of Hybrid Share 1.4.0 to enable Drive File Locking. Apart from this, C2 Storage requirement is a valid storage advances plan.
How to Enable Synology Drive File Locking?
Given below are the steps explaining how to enable Synology Drive File locking so that you can prevent simultaneous editing of the file:
- Sign in to your Synology C2 Storage web portal.
- Click the Hybrid Share option.
- Select the Overview > Global File Locking Status of the Hybrid Share folder.
- A pop-up window will open.
- Now, scroll down and find the Global File Locking section.
- Check the Enable Global File Locking checkbox.
- After that, you need to select the scope you want to apply the feature to:
- Apply to All Apps: Other users will not be able to access the file/folder subjected to Synology Drive File locking using any app until you release the lock.
- Apply to Specific Apps: The user will not be able to edit/modify the selected file in the Hybrid Share folder if you subject it to global file locking. You will be able to set custom apps by adding file types in the form *.extension (E.g., *.docx).
- Select the Save option.
- You will be notified that the current SMB connections will be restarted so that settings can take effect.
- The status of the Global File Locking for the Hybrid Share folder will change to Enabled.
In this manner, you can enable Synology Drive File locking after completing Synology login so that someone cannot edit the selected file at the same time you are editing it. Know the lock on the file will be automatically released in case your device stays disconnected for 15 minutes.
To Sum Up
That’s all about how to enable Synology Drive File locking to avoid unnecessary editing of files by others. We hope that after taking the help of the steps given in the write-up, you will be able to enable the feature.
