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URL to link account in Linux does not work

URL to link account in Linux does not work

muxxum
Helpful | Level 5
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I'm trying to install in Linux. I have the app installed but when it brings up the URL to link your account to the computer the URL is not valid. It does not work.  I can relaunch dropbox and it brings up another invalid URL.

 

There is also no options I can find other than this invalid URL to link the account and get dropbox working.

 

Where can I get a valid URL to link my computer?  How can I make this work?  Or do I need to find another service?

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jribeiro
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I have only 2 enabled devices.

jrdot
Explorer | Level 4
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Same problem here.

 

1 - 

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2 -

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3 - 

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4- 

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5 - I have only 1 macOS device

 

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Allen Lam
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Same problem here. I am not on basic, paying an annual fee. If my linux notebook cannot connect to dropbox, I have to do a change:

- either change to windows,

- or, change my cloud storage from dropbox to something else

 

Obviously we linux people will choose the second one.

Dropbox Support and Dev teams please give us a solution, or we'll find our own solutions to drop this unconnectable dropbox.

sverbil
New member | Level 2
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Same problem here:  not on basic, paying for the 2 TB subscription, nonsense error message comes up on a new SUSE Leap installation.  Dropbox was working just fine on this same hardware running Fedora 38.  Something's seriously wrong with you validation server.

gigithecode
Explorer | Level 3
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Same problem here. Can you Dropbox take US into account and fix it!?

Mich8
New member | Level 2
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Same problem.

 

One dropbox account signed-in at a Debian Stable laptop.

Today did an identical installation of Debian Stable on another laptop and experienced this dropbox problem

"Error

Invalid URL. Please check your client for a new one."

 

 

CY5
New member | Level 2
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I am unable to link my new laptop running Ubuntu to my Dropbox account. The issue is not the number of devices - I am on a paid plan.

 

The error message is the following:

 

ErrorInvalid URL. Please check your client for a new one.

cathal
Explorer | Level 4
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I am also a paying member and cannot install dropbox in a new laptop, if not solved I will move to another file sharing app.

pk14
New member | Level 2
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same problem here. Since 2 days now. You should fix that asap. We are paying quite a lot for this service.

lagunare
Explorer | Level 3
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@walter

This is not the solution and should not have marked as it.

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