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CodesAreHonest
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Unable to start dropbox in Ubuntu 20.04

Hi, I am unable to start the dropbox in Ubuntu 20.04 with Headless Mode with the following errors. I had read through all the forums and documents to find out the solution in order to fix this error ...
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adw74
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

I can download and start the dropbox daemon. It generates a link to use to connect it to my Dropbox account.

 

The link works fine, but then the daemon says:

 

"This computer is now linked to Dropbox. Welcome XXXX
Couldn't start Dropbox.
This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause an error."

 

I believe the issue is that a 'Dropbox' folder is never created in my home directory on the server. I've tried creating the folder myself with full permissions.

 

This is on an AWS Lightsail instance, in case that matters. All help appreciated.

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