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cvicentiu

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Registered: 2014-11-06

Posts: 3

Dropbox Permission Error : ValueError: invalid path, includes ''

Hi,

I'm stuck with getting dropbox to run as a normal user. When I start dropboxd from the CLI, I get a window pointing to some permission error.

I've tried all the troubleshooting options in the dropbox wiki. The same problem comes up with the installation from AUR, as well as the dropbox website. I've also tried pretty much all other forum posts I could find about dropbox.

I can start dropbox as a root user, but I want to be able to start as a normal user.

cat /tmp/dropbox_error5XxSWF.txt 
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 2.10.41
bn.DROPBOXEXT_VERSION: failed
bn.is_frozen: True
pid: 8167
ppid: 1357
ppid exe: '/usr/bin/bash'
uid: 1000
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='vicentiu', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=1000, pw_gid=1000, pw_gecos='Vicen\xc8\x9biu Ciorbaru', pw_dir='/home//vicentiu', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='vicentiu', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=1000, pw_gid=1000, pw_gecos='Vicen\xc8\x9biu Ciorbaru', pw_dir='/home//vicentiu', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 1000
gid: 1000
egid: 1000
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='vicentiu', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=1000, gr_mem=[])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='vicentiu', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=1000, gr_mem=[])
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/home/vicentiu/.dropbox-dist'
     real_path='/home/vicentiu/.dropbox-dist'
           	mode=040755	uid=1000	gid=1000
     parent	mode=040700	uid=1000	gid=1000
HOME: u'/home//vicentiu'
appdata: u'/home//vicentiu/.dropbox'
         real_path=u'/home/vicentiu/.dropbox'
               	mode=040700	uid=1000	gid=1000
         parent	mode=040700	uid=1000	gid=1000
dropbox_path: u'/home//vicentiu/Dropbox'
              real_path=u'/home/vicentiu/Dropbox'
                    	mode=040700	uid=1000	gid=1000
              parent	mode=040700	uid=1000	gid=1000
sys_executable: '/home/vicentiu/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.10.41/dropbox'
                real_path='/home/vicentiu/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.10.41/dropbox'
                      	mode=0100755	uid=1000	gid=1000
                parent	mode=040755	uid=1000	gid=1000
trace.__file__: '/home/vicentiu/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.10.41/library.zip/dropbox/boot_error.pyc'
                real_path='/home/vicentiu/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.10.41/library.zip/dropbox/boot_error.pyc'
                      	not found
                parent	not found
tempdir: '/tmp'
         real_path='/tmp'
               	mode=041777	uid=0	gid=0
         parent	mode=040755	uid=0	gid=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "dropbox/client/main.py", line 2443, in main_startup
  File "dropbox/client/main.py", line 1320, in run
  File "dropbox/client/main.py", line 553, in startup_low
  File "dropbox/client/multiaccount/instance_database.py", line 822, in __init__
  File "dropbox/client/multiaccount/instance_database.py", line 884, in check_directory
  File "dropbox/client/main.py", line 386, in safe_makedirs
  File "dropbox/fsutil.py", line 837, in delete_broken_link
  File "dropbox/sync_engine_file_system/pythonos.py", line 54, in make_path
ValueError: invalid path, includes ''

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Vicențiu

cvicentiu

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Registered: 2014-11-06

Posts: 3

Re: Dropbox Permission Error : ValueError: invalid path, includes ''

I have performed the same installation steps on my laptop and there it worked fine. There must be some configuration error somewhere on the first PC. I still have no idea what it could be though, as both computers generally have the same things installed.

mrunion

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From: Jonesborough, TN

Registered: 2007-01-26

Posts: 1,938

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Re: Dropbox Permission Error : ValueError: invalid path, includes ''

Is it the double-slashes in your path?

/home//vicentiu/

Seems to me if something is "splitting" the path, it would get three values: 'home', '' and 'vicentiu'. The middle one may be causing the

ValueError: invalid path, includes ''

error? (This is all just a guess at this point.)

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Matt

"It is very difficult to educate the educated."

cvicentiu

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Registered: 2014-11-06

Posts: 3

Re: Dropbox Permission Error : ValueError: invalid path, includes ''

I changed that, but it did not work. I've created a new user, and it seems to work. I have no idea what went wrong with the first user.

Thanks for the reply though, it helped me get the idea of creating a new user.

How can I mark this as solved?

Last edited by cvicentiu (2014-11-07 20:28:31)