You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Linux Computer Backup
I was pointed here to give a suggestion from this thread:https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-files-folders/Trying-to-backup-on-Linux/td-p/548352 It would be nice if the functionality was added to(https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/linux-commands) Some commands like: `dropbox backup enable/disable` and `dropbox backup add/remove /path/to/folder/or/file` Currently the advice is to mount into the dropbox folder (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1366889/how-can-i-use-dropbox-to-back-up-arbitrary-folders/1366896#1366896)
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 but now lucks. I had already perform `dropbox start` as root but still obtains: 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. Get more help at https://www.dropbox.com/c/help/permissions_error The log of/tmp/dropbox_errorf0tk7axj.txt are shown below: bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox bn.VERSION: 131.4.3968 bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 48 bn.is_frozen: True machine_id: 20210623-1124-0478-1463-487467590001 pid: 30950 ppid: 1 ppid exe: '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd' uid: 0 user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash') effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash') euid: 0 gid: 0 egid: 0 group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[]) effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[]) LD_LIBRARY_PATH: None cwd: '/root' real_path='/root' mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0 HOME: '/root' appdata: '/root/.dropbox/instance5' real_path='/root/.dropbox/instance5' mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0 dropbox_path: None not found parent not found sys_executable: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/dropbox' real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/dropbox' mode=0o100755 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0 trace.__file__: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc' real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc' not found parent not found tempdir: '/tmp' real_path='/tmp' mode=0o41777 uid=0 gid=0 parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5397, in _setup_root_for_account AssertionError: fresh link yet no preferences
