Ok i'll write exactly what i'm doing to verify.
The script i use is this.
I've noticed you had a "#" in front of DROPBOXSIZE. Removed it.
I've also delete /mnt/user/appdata/dropbox and delete Dropbox docker from previously installed apps on CA.
/mnt/user/DropboxTest is not on share list and it doesn't exist now
#!/bin/bash
# Script (partially commented out) for moving dropbox to a loopback image file
# This gets around the restriction of Dropbox now only supporting ext4 on Linux
# (see https://popey.com/blog/posts/fixing-broken-dropbox-sync-support.html)
#
# we need to leave active the bit about mounting the image at array start
# Location of the image which will contain the new ext4 partition
# Typically this would be on the cache but this is not mandatory.
DROPBOXDISK=/mnt/user/
DROPBOXFILE=$DROPBOXDISK/DropboxTest.img
# Current location of my existing Dropbox folder
# (using User Share means we do not need t/ know device currently used)
DROPBOXHOME=/mnt/user/DropboxTest
# What size is the Dropbox image file going to be. It makes sense to set this
# to whatever the capacity of your Dropbox account is, or a little more.
DROPBOXSIZE="2500G"
# Start by making sure the disk to be used is present
if [ ! -e $DROPBOXDISK ]; then
logger -s "ERROR: $DROPBOXDISK disk not present"
exit -1
else
# ...and that we have not already followed this process
if [ -e $DROPBOXFILE ]; then
logger -s "Found existing $DROPBOXFILE"
else
# Create a 'sparse' file which will start out small and grow to the maximum
# size defined above. So we don't eat all that space immediately.
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of="$DROPBOXFILE" bs=1 count=0 seek="$DROPBOXSIZE"
# Format it ext4, because Dropbox Inc. says so
sudo mkfs.ext4 "$DROPBOXFILE"
# Make a new Dropbox folder to replace the old one. This will be the mount point
# under which the sparse image file will be mounted. We want to make sure it is
# on the same device as the image file.
sudo mkdir $DROPBOXDISK/`basename $DROPBOXHOME`
# Set ownership and permissions on the new folder so Dropbox has access
# (generic Linux case)
# sudo chown $(id -un) "$DROPBOXHOME"
# sudo chgrp $(id -gn) "$DROPBOXHOME"
# (Unraid specific case)
sudo chown nobody "$DROPBOXHOME"
sudo chgrp users "$DROPBOXHOME"
# Make sure the mount point can't be written to if for some reason the partition
# doesn't get mounted. We don't want dropbox to see an empty folder and think 'yay, let's delete
# all his files because this folder is empty, that must be what they want'
sudo chattr +i "$DROPBOXHOME"
# Mount the sparse file at the dropbox mount point
sudo mount -o loop "$DROPBOXFILE" "$DROPBOXHOME"
# Let's unmount it as we normally want to use fstab entry
sudo umount "$DROPBOXHOME"
fi
fi
# Create a line in our /etc/fstab so this gets mounted on every boot up
status=`grep -o "$DROPBOXHOME" /etc/fstab`
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
logger -s "Entry for $DROPBOXHOME already present in /etc/fstab"
else
echo "$DROPBOXFILE" "$DROPBOXHOME" ext4 loop,defaults,rw,relatime,exec,user_xattr 0 0 | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
logger -s "Entry for $DROPBOXHOME added to /etcfstab"
fi
# This will mount as per the fstab
sudo mount -a
logger -s "$DROPBOXFILE mounted at $DROPBOXHOME"
exit 0
After running this script, DropboxTest folder created and DropboxTest.img file also created under /mnt/user/
Installing Dropbox Docker from CA now.
/mnt/user/appdata/dropbox is the config folder
/mnt/user/DropboxTest is the data folder
Pulled image, go to log, copy link and allow access.
Computer is now linked.
After that i see the log and it looks like its restarting. twice.
then i get a bunch of WARNING:tornado.access:404 HEAD /blocks/225260633/YgzjUPL0SS1U22ovWyju6qgqHYqJb1uNMuvRRotfWH4 (172.17.0.1) 11.81ms
Ok, lets restart the docker.
Now looks like its working fine.
running du -sh /mnt/user/DropboxTest shows the size increasing.
But after some minutes i get again this WARNINGs after restarting the docker by itself twice then sits there spitting WARNINGs, but file size still increasing.
Now, how should i setup this folder so i can access it via SMB and how i can see the status of the dropbox syncing. I know there is the dropbox.py somewhere inside but i dont know how to use it.
I tried to provide as more info as i could to help you instead of guessing!
Thanks
