Questions tagged [dropbox]
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Is it possible to create an SFTP drop box?
I have a Windows server with folders accessible via SFTP (server is running OpenSSH). scp is blocked. I would like to copy files from a Linux server to the Windows server. SFTP seems like a good option. Ideally I'd like something similar to an FTP…
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What are my options for running cross platform NFS in the cloud (AWS), similar to dropbox but without the vendor lock in?
We're using Dropbox but in order to share files >2gb, each sharer must have premium Dropbox account. I resent this pricing model as it is unfair and am resolved to finding a more open solution.
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Virtual Host needs whitespace in DocumentRoot
How do I use whitespace in mu virtual host file "sites-available" and "sites-enabled"?
I'm currently trying:
/var/www/My\ Dropbox/public_html/
and it is not working.
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Is there a limit as to how many times a file can be versioned within Dropbox?
Further to my question here, I'm just wondering if there is a limit as to how many times a single file can be versioned within Dropbox? For anyone unsure, I'm talking about the number of changes found in this window:
Any insights?
Cheers,
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dropbox upload only disable download or delete?
I've installed dropbox on my linux centos 64 detected server , i need to take backup for some large files about 300GB this files always updated every month , also I've purchased dropbox premium account and i have 5 TB , every thing is fine until now…
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How to backup your VPS on dropbox?
I'm having a VPS which is currently using 10GB storage. Apart from this I have a 50GB dropbox account. I want to use dropbox as a backup for my VPS and there should be automated weekly backups. Is that practically possible?
And if it is possible…
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Symbolic link > not allowed or link target not accessible
Ever since my hard-drive crashed, I've been backing up data to Dropbox.
But I've also been symlinking all my data folders to my Dropbox sub-folders.
After installing Apache on my Ubuntu desktop, I symlinked username to my Dropbox…
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Whole Disk Encryption and Dropbox
What is the best way to configure whole disk encryption on two laptops sharing a Dropbox? If I encrypt both drives, what will happen to the Dropbox files?
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Dropbox alike project hardware requirements
I'm a programmer and I'm involved in a project of creating something like Dropbox to offer it to the clients of a big company here in my country (online storage space+sync,etc). We are already charging the clients monthly and would like to offer…
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permissions problems
how can i get a file or directory to be owned by two people? (have read/write permissions) i understand this involves groups, so i added user www-data to group user, then did
chown www-data:user dir
but i am not getting the effect i want.
more…
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Serve very simple static website from dropbox
I'm setting my son up so he can manage his simple website by editing a file on dropbox.
My nginx config looks like this:---
server {
listen 80;
server_name name.com *.name.com;
location / {
proxy_pass…
flc
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Dropbox writes files owned by root on server
Basically, we have Dropbox running on a server to keep some files synced.
It works nicely, except when Dropbox has to write the files itself. It keeps writing them as root, and my webserver cannot serve these files later on.
The current fix is a…
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Database File In Drop Box Shared Folder
Can a software database file be saved and kept in a shared folder like drop box and be accessed and used (whether simultaneously or not) from more than one computers? A quickbooks database file is an example. Can it be centrally located on a dropbox…
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