Questions tagged [dropbox]
Dropbox is a cross-platform file syncing program for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and various mobile devices.
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Popup looking for su permissions to run script against Dropbox directory
I have noticed recently a popup asking for permissions after boot 1. See popup graphic. Now I did a cat on the file, it seems like it is just reaffiriming the user is xxx; however, I am suspicious of ...
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install Dropbox on Ubuntu
I downloaded dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb from dropbox.com and install it with sudo apt install ./dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb, then I click the app dropbox to install it.
Dropbox installation ...
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get dropbox status via commandline
I want to check the dropbox status via CLI so I login and enter. (this happens locally and on remote host)
$ dropbox status
Dropbox responds with this :
:> dropbox status
dropbox: load fq ...
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Untraceble authentication popup
I have this peculiar problem, which I hope some one can help me to solve it.
I use xubuntu 20.05, up to date (on Asus prime x470-pro MB, BIOS V5843)
Every time I login, there is a popup requesting for ...
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Ext4 Permissions for bind mounting
I'm currently using Dropbox (although alternatives are welcome!) to sync my work files.
Since symbolic links no longer work with Dropbox, we have to use a bind mount to reference other areas of the ...
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Execute ./script.sh with a crontab
With Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster), I'm using a simple script to save a PostgreSQL database and upload it to my Dropbox account with Dropbox-Uploader tool. I schedule this task with a crontab.
When I ...
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Linking a dropbox business acccount from “~/Dropbox (firm-name)” to “~/Dropbox”, with "mount --bind" or symlink or something else?
Been using my Dropbox account for years on a Lubuntu system. Now, my new company has made a Business account available to me.
However, Dropbox insists that this folder should be called:
~/Dropbox (...
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Unzip thinks my zip file is a zip bomb
I've been struggling with this for a couple days so I'm hoping someone on SE can help me.
I've downloaded a large file from Dropbox using wget (following command)
wget -O folder.zip https://www....
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unzip files from dropbox on linux server
I try to unzip a .zip file on my linux server that was downloaded from dropdox, but it does not work. Any idea what causes the problem?
unzip -Z myfile.zip
Archive: myfile.zip
[myfile.zip]
End-of-...
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i3WM unable to start insync and Dropbox
I have the following commands in my i3wm config file:
exec --no-startup-id 'workspace $ws10; exec insync start; exec insync show'
exec --no-startup-id 'workspace $ws10; exec dropbox start'
I don't ...
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How to: Sync Dropbox to /mnt/raid5/Dropbox CentOS7
I managed to get dropbox installed on CentOS7 finally.
However, I need Dropbox to sync to /mnt/raid5/Dropbox. There is no option for me to select /mnt/raid5Dropbox.
I tried putting /mnt/raid5/Dropbox ...
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HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 400 Bad Request on using wget for downloading dropbox files in CentOS
The file is around 447MB. I cannot download it using the following command in CentOS. How can I download https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6yd1ygtyc3yd981/AABVeEqzC08YQv4UZk7lNHvya?dl=0&preview=CIFAR-FS....
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Installing dropbox on Debian 10: problem with libpango
I just install Debian 10 for the first time, and then dropbox, simply by downloading the .deb file and doing dpkg -i.
I got dropbox to run just fine, but unfortunately the install "broke" my apt, ...
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Why is PDFTK saying it can't find files that are right there?
I'm trying to compile a bunch of PDFs into a single document. ls shows the files are in the directory that I'm in and they're readable (-rw-r--r--). But when I try to run pdftk 2017.pdf cat output ...
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Installing dropbox for centos 7, requiring fedora 21
I have been using dropbox for linux on my workstation with centos 7. However, recently, dropbox requires fedora 21, but my fedora version is 19. Is there any way to update fedora on centos 7? Or I ...
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