Prevent Free Download Dropbox
Clarabella Doom
Everytime I start Dropbox (in Precise) it gets added to the autostart list even if I deleted the entry before. I don't want Dropbox to be started when I log in only when I want it to.How to prevent Dropbox to be automatically added to the autostart list?
By default, dropbox will start automatically at login. The update-rc.d command is not concerned here. (/etc/rc*.d/directories don't contain dropbox). There is no service "dropbox" (/etc/init.d don't contain dropbox)
Yes, I could tell user of Z or Y to deselect synching of NEW, but I would like to be able to prevent the automatic synching of folder NEW at the moment of creating it.
While this won't prevent access to the folders, if you have a Plus, Professional or Business account, you can set certain comptuers to sync new content as Online-only using Smart Sync. The folders will appear on the computer, but the content is only online. This would prevent the space issues such as on Computer Z, but it doesn't prevent access.
This may seem obvious, but when I got annoyed with the dropbox client autostarting I simply uninstalled it. Since I didn't purge it I still have the original /.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop on my system: Mine looks like this.
Now if I had still wanted to use it (I didn't and uninstalled it). I would simply move the launcher from autostart to the desktop. with the command mv /.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop /Desktop/ This is a simple hack and since the launcher is no longer in the autostart folder it shouldn't be automatically started.
If for some reason that doesn't work because the entry is getting erroneously recreated due to non-existence you could simply edit the file changing the Exec=dropbox start -i line to Exec=dropbox running which just returns 1 if running and 0 if not and does not run the dropbox daemon.
You could also be extremely insistent about your demands if the launcher is getting overwritten with defaults by simply removing permissions to access /.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop by making it either impossible to read at login or impossible to overwrite. For this brutal hack see man chmod
Note: Please be sure to make a note or take a screenshot of any Selective Sync settings you may have applied as well as the location of your Dropbox folder (if not in the default location) prior to re-installing, as you will need to match these settings upon re-install. If you're using a headless version of Dropbox you can access the list of Selective Sync folders by running "dropbox exclude".
I have Dropbox Plus and it has come to my attention that the link I sent to one individual was copied and sent to an individual I did not give access to. That individual is able to view my documents without my permission. How do I prevent this from happening?
Downloads can be disabled for a shared link on dropbox.com or on the Dropbox mobile app, if you are on a Professional or Business Dropbox subscription. Please find all the information for shared link permissions here.
In fact, when you change the ending parameters to "raw=1", you have almost formed a download links! The only difference is missing "content-disposition" in http header. If you embed a link with attribute "download", pointing to your video, it become download link. That's why when you disable downloads, video becomes completely inaccessible (including for play in your site). It still left accessible through the "dl=0" link, but only difference is a disabled download button! There is no secure way to completely prevent downloads. If somebody can see the video on your site, there is always a way to download it. Only thing you can do is to make it difficult, that's it. Dropbox don't provide actual instrumentation to make this secure enough, so be difficult to somebody more experienced than a small child (that isn't a main purpose for this service). In the page describing download disabling is noted:
As far as I am concerned I will uninstall dropbox check for cloud without forced update and if I do not find it I'll switch to micro sd cards that are now available in 500 gb and do not force me to struggle for internet connection.
I've tried disabling DropBox from auto-starting by unticking Start dropbox on system startup in dropbox preferences, but DropBox then still likes to start up uninvited when I connect anyway, quietly appearing in the system tray quietly downloading gigabytes...
My current workaround is to use a firewall that monitors data usage (I'm using Glasswire, which is really easy to use), and forbid dropbox from using the network until I manually re-allow it. However this is open to user error (I could easily forget to untick this when I finish using unmetered wifi), and some applications sneak past firewalls like this by running as a service and pigbacking on "Host process for Windows services", so it's not foolproof.
Does anyone know if it is possible to block sharing, downloading or copying a folder in a team folder? I want to prevent my staff from doing this. I know this is possible when I share a folder and give them view only right . The problem with sharing a folder is that they would have to scroll through each file one by one and cannot search by name or number under a share option. help please!! TIA
When you share a folder, you can configure is in a way that it cannot be shared by others but only by the owner of the folder, which is you. This works with all kinds of Dropbox plans. Just go into the sharing setting, klick on the rack-wheel in top right. You can adjust that it only be shared by you, not by others. When using dropbox business, take into account that you cannot adjust those settings for folders inside Team Folders, depending on your Team Folder config. Consider sharing a folder which sits in your Private Folder instead.
How do I prevent Dropbox from automatically creating a Zip file from a file I am Uploading? This is not a folder of multiple files, but a single file. I need it to remain in its current Schrivener writing program format, so I can sync it with my other devices (iPhone and iPad), and when Dropbox changes it to a Zip file upon upload it's becomes useless and won't sync. The file is approx. 12 MB.
How can I prevent dropbox from automatically updating itself? The new dropbox 3 has a very anti-windows-7 UI that I don't like, so I reinstalled 2.10. How do I stop dropbox from continually installing v3?
This will disable dropbox update from running upon boot. However, this alone does not prevent the updater from running when Dropbox runs. To prevent updater from running when Dropbox runs, do the following.
Thanks for that info. It just reinforces my decision to completely uninstall the application until such time as they actually fix the problem. It still amazes me that they don't think they have a problem. I encourage anyone who does not actually need the desktop app to do the same thing. There are other programs out there that will let you upload files to dropbox, get a shared link to send and do it without the invasive intrusion the Dropbox app has become.
I already have to go through a significant amount of pain with Windows 10 to prevent it from automatically updating itself, I don't need to try and manage that in Dropbox too. The propensity for vendors to adopt uncontrollable automatic updates is getting out of hand. I must use Windows 10, unfortunately, but I don't have to use Dropbox. Dropbox has therefore been summarily uninstalled in favour of a complete migration to Syncthing. I control Syncthing end-to-end. I obviously control nothing of Dropbox.
There are multiple people that use our company's dropbox account. Ocassionaly a folder and all of it's contents accidentally get moved and slows our computers down extremley bad until the sync is complete and then it does it all over agin when the file is moved back to where it needs to be. PLEASE HELP! Is there a way that a permission can be set to prevent unauthorized moving or deletion of files?
If you're using a Dropbox Business account or if each user has their own account and you're using a shared folder, then you can assign view-only permissions to a shared folder. That would prevent moves and deletions, but it would also prevent editing, uploading and other changes.
Hello Dropbox Team. There is no easy way to say this - You NEED to have a setting immediately which PREVENTS DELETION BY OTHER TEAM MEMBERS. If a company is using dropbox and all the company files are there, can i ask why there is no setting to prevent staff members from editing, deleting, downloading? There is a company known as ShareFile which has user controls preventing this sort of thing - IF THE ADMIN WISHES TO SET IT. Please do this as a matter of urgency - EVERYONE WANTS IT
You would choose to ignore folders from syncing to dropbox when your folder contains thousands or millions of temporary files that aren't necessary to be backed up. Backing up such a folder could cause Dropbox to use a lot of CPU cycles and RAM on your computer to keep track of all the changes to your files. This might slow down your computer.
I'm Trying to block Dropbox Application and allow users to access dropbox from web, if i use to block dropbox from application control it works and dropbox application client blocked but also blocked access from web browser. so any help in my case.
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