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CodesAreHonest
New member | Level 2
5 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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petardo's avatar
petardo
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Thx, OK

Eunjin Sul's avatar
Eunjin Sul
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago
I have the same problem on debian bullseye, even if it is a fresh OS just after installing that. I have installed a bunch of dropboxes to several bullseyes about two weeks ago with the same method, and those worked well.
After this permission error, I tried many methods to install dropboxes. One case created a weird directory named /home/‘&(whoami)’ with root previleged. I guess one of your engineers made the bug of $(whoami) to &(whoami).
  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    5 years ago
    Hey Eunjin Sul, thanks for joining the topic here and sorry to hear you're also having issues with this. 

    I've just reached out via email to have a further look into this matter internally.

    Please have a look at your inbox and we'll take it from there.
    • Eunjin Sul's avatar
      Eunjin Sul
      Explorer | Level 4
      5 years ago
      It’s working well now. Thanks
      • cuye's avatar
        cuye
        Explorer | Level 4
        5 years ago

        what did you do to get it to work again @Eunjin Sul?

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