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Couldn't start Dropbox permissions error
Hi,
My dropbox app won't open at all anymore. I get a Couldn't Open Dropbox message saying it's usually a permissions error. I've been through my shared folders on the webpage and checked and r...
Hi again Andy Coda,
The dummy file you have created seems Ok. That proves the issue is not in your default settings. It appears exactly as has to be. The commands you have executed, as listed, can't be a reason for the issue observed. Still not clear what could be the reason, but let's try fix it by hands. At the beginning what shows the list of troublesome folder? Post the result of:
ls -al /Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Frameworks/DropboxCrashpad.framework/Versions/A
Next try fix the problem using following commands:
sudo chown -R "$USER" /Applications/Dropbox.app
chmod -R a+r /Applications/Dropbox.app
chmod -R u+w /Applications/Dropbox.app
chmod -R go-w /Applications/Dropbox.appExecute the first (ls) command again. Is something changed? 🧐
Hope this helps.
Hi, I am having a similar problem on my Mac (macOS Monterey version 12.0.1). Here is the text I get. I am guessing the problem is in the last line where permission is denied in attempting to register icons but am not sure how to address it. Dropbox worked for some time then just stopped. Could have been some macOS upgrade.
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 138.4.2392
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 51
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 73b50fa4-ab10-53d8-8d56-fd2c4a038aed
pid: 2019
ppid: 1
uid: 501
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='davidgenet', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='David Genet', pw_dir='/Users/davidgenet', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='davidgenet', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='David Genet', pw_dir='/Users/davidgenet', pw_shell='/bin/zsh')
euid: 501
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/davidgenet'
appdata: '/Users/davidgenet/.dropbox/instance1'
real_path='/Users/davidgenet/.dropbox/instance1'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
dropbox_path: '/Users/davidgenet/Dropbox'
real_path='/Users/davidgenet/Dropbox'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
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parent not found
tempdir: '/var/folders/4f/8vrg4zsn05d6pqhbw8x4x_xh0000gn/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/4f/8vrg4zsn05d6pqhbw8x4x_xh0000gn/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 832, in wrapper
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6623, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "dropbox/client/message_queue.pyc", line 313, in _wrapped
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6170, in _init_components_for_account
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6094, in create_sync_engine
File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 218, in make_sync_engine
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 277, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.pyc", line 247, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.pyc", line 177, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 217, in __init__
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 529, in _init_new_engine_locked
File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/thin_client/client.pyc", line 133, in __init__
File "desktop/extensions/nucleus/nucleus_python.pyx", line 76, in nucleus_python.NucleusSyncEngine.__cinit__
nucleus_python.SyncEngineError: "Initializing engine |>> Initializing filesystem |>> Attempting to register icons |>> Reading existing xattr |>> fgetxattr syscall: determined size |>> Permission denied"
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey DavidRGenet, thanks for the nudge here and happy new year!
Can you try the steps listed by my colleague Megan in this thread, to see if they help?
Can you try the steps listed by my colleague Megan in this thread, to see if they help?
Hey Hannah. That did it! I was wandering around in this area over the weekend on my Mac but did not arrive at this fix. Thanks so much for the excellent support!
Dave
- HannahHappy to see it worked, David!
If you need anything else, make sure to give us a shout.
Have a wonderful week ahead! 🙂 Hello, I am having a similar issue on my macbook (OS 11.7 Big Sur) but the linked thread is archived and I can not read the solution. Please advise.
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 195.4.4995
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 71
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 25505974-a768-5144-ba87-af6786f45f0c
pid: 2192
ppid: 1
uid: 501
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='***', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='***', pw_dir='/Users/**', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='***', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=501, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='***', pw_dir='/Users/***', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 501
gid: 20
egid: 20
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', '_serialnumberd'])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', '_serialnumberd'])
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/'
real_path='/'
mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/Users/**'
appdata: '/Users/**/.dropbox/instance2'
real_path='/Users/**/.dropbox/instance2'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
dropbox_path: '/Users/**/Documents/Josh/Work/Johnny/Dropbox'
real_path='/Users/**/Documents/Josh/Work/Johnny/Dropbox'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
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parent not found
tempdir: '/var/folders/19/mvvtl23s6r3_85n280pd7ppr0000gn/T'
real_path='/private/var/folders/19/mvvtl23s6r3_85n280pd7ppr0000gn/T'
mode=0o40700 uid=501 gid=20
parent mode=0o40755 uid=501 gid=20
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 235, in client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 283, in _create_thin_client
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/fs_api_adapter.py", line 50, in __init__
File "desktop/extensions/fs_api/fs_api_python.pyx", line 63, in fs_api_python.FsApiServer.__cinit__
fs_api_python.FsApiError: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing platform |>> Opening worker root directory |>> open syscall |>> Permission denied"The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 879, in wrapper
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6719, in finish_dropbox_boot
File "desktop/dropbox/client/message_queue.py", line 306, in _wrapped
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6182, in _init_components_for_account
File "desktop/dropbox/client/main.py", line 6105, in create_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.py", line 225, in make_sync_engine
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.py", line 243, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.py", line 284, in __init__
File "desktop/dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.py", line 240, in __init__
File "../mac_x86_64_dropbox_virtual_env/lib/python3.8/functools.py", line 967, in __get__
File "desktop/dropbox/fs_api/lifecycle.py", line 259, in client
dropbox.fs_api.lifecycle.FsApiClientCreationException: "Initializing fs api |>> Initializing platform |>> Opening worker root directory |>> open syscall |>> Permission denied"- Megan
Hi joshk90, I hope you're doing well!
No worries, I'm here to help. Would you mind trying out an advanced re-install to see if your issue is resolved with that?
I'd love to know the end-result here!
Thank you Megan.
I was able to do an advance re-install and it worked!
Can you please advise how to avoid this happening again in the future?
Thank you,
