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Giona's avatar
Giona
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Unable to login to Dropbox lite with SSO

I'm unable to login to Dropbox lite on windows with my university account, I try with the single sign-on and when I enter my university mail and password the app stops working and after a while it cl...
Account Access
Desktop
Setting up the apps
Windows
Jay's avatar
Jay
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Hi Giona, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Are you using a personal machine, or a company-managed device?

 

This will help me to assist further!

  • Giona's avatar
    Giona
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    I'm using a personal machine.

    I tohught the problem was because of windows defender or firewall but I noticed that if I try to log in with my personal dropbox account everything works fine and I'm able to get in correctly.

    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 years ago

      It's possible that there may be a restriction of some sort with the university account. 

       

      Have you contacted your IT team for the university to see if they're aware of this?

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