Syncing a Dropbox to a linux server

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I have a hosted website with linux shell access.

How can I set it up such that it can automatically sync from a Dropbox account?

Best Answer

Unfortunately the above link posted by @reefnet_alex is no longer accessible. The new Dropbox Linux client works perfectly on headless / UI-less machines, though.

https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx

There is step-by-step post here: http://www.dropboxwiki.com/Text_Based_Linux_Install

Related Solutions

How to get sync status on headless dropbox install

It looks like you need to download the dropbox script for managing the daemon. Instructions on the dropbox website

wget -O ~/dropbox.py https://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/dropbox.py
chmod a+x ~/dropbox.py
~/dropbox.py status

You can also create a symlink to your dropbox script, so you don't have to type ~/dropbox.py to run it every time.

sudo ln -s ~/dropbox.py /usr/local/bin/dropbox
dropbox status

Way to centrally manage Dropbox/centrally disable LAN sync for all Dropbox clients on a Windows LAN

One alternative would be to create a rule in Widows Firewall that blocks outbound traffic to the port ranges (or even from the actual program creating the traffic) you are seeing in group policy. That would take the load off the network devices.

Create an Outbound Port Rule on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2

This may/should also result in DropBox itself disabling LAN Sync (based on the DropBox LAN Sync help page):

If Dropbox detects a firewall preventing access to your LAN, it will turn off LAN sync in your Dropbox preferences automatically.