dropbox282021-02-01 12:46:21eseide272020-11-20 12:00:24crose262020-11-02 09:58:52crose252020-01-13 20:08:59crose242020-01-13 20:08:35crose232020-01-13 20:07:13crose222019-03-18 07:32:54crose212019-03-18 07:26:19crose202019-03-13 22:04:38crose192019-03-13 22:00:25crose182019-03-13 22:00:05crose172019-03-13 21:59:20crose162019-03-13 21:18:27crose152019-03-13 21:16:49crose142019-03-13 21:15:58crose132019-03-13 21:08:50crose122019-03-13 21:03:10crose112019-03-13 20:15:24crose102019-03-13 19:55:53crose92019-03-13 19:54:11crose82019-03-13 19:27:09crose72019-03-13 19:10:49crose62019-03-13 19:05:21crose52019-03-13 19:05:08crose42016-08-04 15:35:35bbaer32015-05-26 07:57:55crose22015-05-26 07:56:57crose12015-05-26 07:53:27croseDropboxDropbox is a US based commercial company. Any data saved via Dropbox are affected by US laws. At UZH, the recommended alternative to dropbox is Switchdrive: . Advantages of Switchdrive against Dropbox: Switchdrive: Swiss data protection laws are respected. Switchdrive: Diskquota: 50GB. Switchdrive: All major OS are fully supported. Switchdrive: No device limit. 2019/03: New 3 device limit (non-paid account) I-MATH: ThinlincDisk usage of Dropbox is separated from I-MATH home quota. The default disk quota for the thinlinc dropbox installation is 10GB. If you need more, please contact the IT-support. InstallationEnd of 2018, dropbox limits the linux client to only operate on ext4 filesystem. To fulfil the requirements in the thinlinc environment, we've installed a system wide workaround. If you run into trouble during installation, please contact the IT-support. Start: Applications > Internet > Dropbox. If you start 'dropbox' the first time: you're asked for your I-MATH password - please provide. The first start might take several minutes! Please be patient. Click 'OK' to start the Dropbox installation. After some time, a webbrowser opens and asks you to log in via dropbox.com to your dropbox account: do this. Again after some time, you'll be prompted with: dp01.png Click on Move
. The above windows stays in front - move it to the side, navigate to /dropbox/<your account>
and click Choose
. dp-fileselect.png If you already have a lot of files in your Dropbox, it might take several minutes until the files are synchronized. FAQQ: I'm missing my Dropbox folder? A: Navigate in the filemanager to /dropbox/<my account>
. Q: I don't like /dropbox/<my account>
. Can I move it to a different location? A: No. Only /dropbox/<my account>
will work in a thinlinc environment. Q: Are there snapshots/backups of /dropbox/<my account>
? A: No. The ext4 filesystem does not support snapshots. Use the Dropbox webinterface to access older versions of your files. Q: My local folder /dropbox/<my account>
runs out of space, what can I do? A: Contact IT-support. Q: On the compute hosts, there is no `/dropbox/<my account>'! A: Unfortunately, that's correct. The new Dropbox directory is only available inside of the thinlinc session. Q: My Dropbox on thinlinc does not sync. A: Please try to start again Applications > Internet > Dropbox
. Wait 1 minute before doing any action. Q: Dropbox was fine but now it asks me to move a directory. A: Start Dropbox again via Applications > Internet > Dropbox - if it is still broken or asks you again: wait one minute and start it again.