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files missing in synced folders on Linux, but not online or on Windows
I've been using Linux for a few months and the Linux version of Dropbox has been great. Recently, though, I wiped Linux, installed Windows, and then installed Linux again so I can dual-boot. I didn't...
Hmm, I tried that first and I thought I got the same error, which is why I tried the others, but now when I try it I get it says it can't open the file, permission denied.
However I followed the instructions on the other page, made the watchable entries number 300,000, and now my Dropbox is syncing. I'm pretty sure that worked. The folders that I noticed had files missing are all updating. I'll double-check when it's done. Thank you!
sleepysloth wrote:Hmm, I tried that first and I thought I got the same error, which is why I tried the others, but now when I try it I get it says it can't open the file, permission denied.
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🤔 That's not possible. Are you sure the command gets launched exactly as I have posted it - without any changes? Post the "error" you have received together with the command executed exactly as appear in terminal.
This is what I get when I enter that command:
Hi sleepysloth,
I have no idea what exactly you have done in your account, but this isn't resulted by Dropbox application (if everything used correctly). Have you changed permissions in your account (intentionally or not) or some configuration changes? This could be a result of some sophisticated games with the system, without actually aware what exactly you are doing.
Ok, let see what is the actual state (what you have done - we assume unintentionally). What's the result of following commands:
id ls -ld ~/.dropbox*
I have some guesses as to what the reason is. Try following commands:
sudo chown -R naomi ~/.dropbox* chmod -R u+rw ~/.dropbox*
Post the results coming from first code block and if there is some error message coming from second code block. 🤔 Based on results we will step up further.
Here's the results of the first two:
uid=1000(naomi) gid=1000(naomi) groups=1000(naomi),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),120(lpadmin),131(lxd),132(sambashare),998(nordvpn)drwx------ 8 naomi naomi 4096 Jan 23 14:11 /home/naomi/.dropbox
drwxrwxr-x 3 naomi naomi 4096 Jan 13 18:26 /home/naomi/.dropbox-distAnd I didn't get any errors from the second.
