User-space file system for Dropbox
Project description
dbxfs allows you to mount your Dropbox folder as if it were a local filesystem. It differs from the official Dropbox client in two main ways:
Internet connectivity is required for access
No disk space is required for access, but will cache if disk space is available
dbxfs has been tested on OpenBSD, Linux, and macOS but it should run on any POSIX system that provides a FUSE-compatible library or has the ability to mount SMB shares. Windows support is coming very soon. It runs on non-x86 architectures like ARM. It doesn’t require a specific file system.
It is written for Python 3.5+ and is licensed under the GPLv3.
Disclaimer: dbxfs is not affiliated with Dropbox, Inc.
Installation
If you are on Linux, you must install your OS’s FUSE library. On Debian/Ubuntu, install the libfuse2 package, on Fedora install fuse.
Run the following command:
$ pip3 install dbxfs
On Arch Linux and derivatives, you can find it in the AUR as dbxfs.
Usage
Use dbxfs like you would use the mount command:
$ dbxfs <mount_point>
To unmount your Dropbox folder on Linux systems, you can use fusermount -u <mount_point>, on all other systems use umount.
You can see the full list of command line options by passing -h to the dbxfs command.
Advanced Refresh Token Storage
By default dbxfs stores your refresh token in an encrypted file but you may want to store it in a GPG encrypted file or something else. To do that you must first obtain a refresh token. You can obtain a refresh token by running the following command:
$ dbxfs --get-refresh-token
Once you have obtained the refresh token, encrypt it with the program of your choice and store the result somewhere. After that, you must edit the dbxfs config file. You can find the location of the config file by running the following command:
$ dbxfs --print-default-config-file
The config file is a JSON encoded file. Add the following JSON key to the top-level JSON object in that file:
"refresh_token_command": ["gpg", "--decrypt", "/path/to/refresh/token/file.gpg"]
Adapt it to a decryption program of your choice. This configuration works great for storing the refresh token using a OpenPGP card.
Contact
Rian Hunter @cejetvole
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