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Dropbox Account still logged on after switching Windows account

at our association we are running Windows Server 2012 Essentials, so that our members can log on with their own accounts. Recently, it happened that someone didn't log off their Dropbox account and when someone else logged on, he could access the…
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Icacls to change only files without full control permission

I have a folder in my inetpub which holds thousands of images automatically copied from a dropbox account every 30 minutes. In order for my IIS users to access those files, I need to give full control permissions to those files. I have a scheduled…
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Internet is very slow because of many unknown connections from and to some amazonaws EC2 servers, Dropbox?

We are currently having issues with the internet speed at work. We asked for a global report to our ISP in order to understand what was happening, and in their report (in the "conversation report" part more precisely), we have (for IN and OUT) a lot…
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Dropbox via terminal: how do I upgrade

I have a Linux server and have Dropbox successfully installed and running via their instructions here: https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx including using the python script for running from the command line. I've today checked on the status of it…
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Dropbox Linux Segmentation Fault

Everything worked great for a year, and the server was untouched. All of a sudden my automation file transfers depending on Dropbox didn't work anymore. The dropbox tray icon is unavailable so I try to run the daemon and get segmentation fault. So I…
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Change file system from case-sensitive to case-insensitive

I have a CentOS bare metal with 1TB SSD and, a couple weeks after having my application in production, we noticed it needs to be case-insensitive. Is there any easy way to accomplish this? Also, should we expect a long downtime? Reason for wanting a…
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Is there a way to do SpiderOak setup from an Ubuntu 12.04 server command line without a GUI?

We're experimenting with SpiderOak for a few server backup tasks. (We preferred to avoid dropbox if possible, though that may end up as a fallback.) We've installed the client on our local Mac and Windows stations, so we'll have easy access to the…
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Webhost similar to Dropbox with PHP Support?

I have a website that uses PHP. I need to host it online on a webserver that is similar to dropbox. I'm trying to look for features that include: PHP Support Version Control Sync Client (windows) Public Folder (for online access) I have tried…
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How to ensure Netgear GS724TP is not blocking Dropbox Lan Sync - port 17500

We're a small company using Drop Box for business but have noticed that Lan Sync refuses to work on our network (it works fine at home). After trouble shooting the issues on the Dropbox forums, it's been suggested that something on our network is…
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Is backing up to Dropbox ideal?

I am currently setting on a new CentOS server on one of my Linodes, and are debating with myself on how to back up the data. The server is running DirectAdmin, which will compress all data (e-mail, settings, files, databases) to .tar files every…
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Windows 2003: Dropbox needs permission to update

I have a Windows 2003 server box with dropbox installed. Every once in a while, it pops up a dialog window asking for permission to update itself. Everytime it asks for permission, it renders the network adapter unuseable and I need to reboot the…
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Why can't I replace my Apache2 /www folder with a symlink?

I installed Apache 2.4.6 on Ubuntu 13.10 and put some html files in /var/www/, the default base folder. I then needed to share those html files to a synced Dropbox folder, so I moved the www folder into my Dropbox folder and replaced it with a…
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File system for rsyncing to loop mounted file?

As a backup, I want to rsync a system partition to a loop mounted file (which is stored in Dropbox). The size of the partition is ca. 2GB and growing, and the backup is scheduled to happen once per day. Which file system is good for this…
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Google and Dropbox on Linux both automatically add their package repositories as part of their software installation. Is this a good practice?

For Google products (chrome, google talk, etc) and Dropbox on Linux, part of the install process for their packages automatically add their public key and set up their repositories in your system, so that future upgrades are easier. My question is,…
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Dropbox alternative with NAS

HI Does anyone know how we can backup some files and folders from windows machine to a nas (To store versions of files ie incremental backups) Then sync the data on the nas to another Windows PC for an off-site copy? Basically Dropbox with our own…
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