Dropboxmanager settings issues

First, you might get better (more direct) response if you go to the add-on support forum: https://rnxtras.com/forum/dropbox-manager-r6x86

Second, be very careful with 6.2.2. It has a known bug affecting uninstallation of add-ons, that can render Frontview and/or HTTP protocol inaccessible. You would be strongly advised to upgrade to 6.2.3 beta unless betas worry you.

I am curious what method you used for installation. I ask mostly because I'd originally done it with dpkg and missed out on dependencies that the add-on required. Safest method is to use the FrontView "upload" option in apps tab.

Another thing to check is to try "apt-get update" (NOT upgrade) in ssh. Make sure it completes without errors (like the also well known certificate problem). If it doesn't complete you will have no luck installing extensions, until the certificate is updated (or you upgrade to a more recent release, like the beta).

Another thing to look at is the log file /var/log/readynasd/install_debpkg.log. This will show all diagnostic messages that occurred during installation (if done through FrontView).

Thank you for the reply. I have a post at https://rnxtras.com/forum/dropbox-installer perhaps the wrong thread? I posted there after here realizing it should be the better place for an answer. https://rnxtras.com/topic/dropbox-settings-has-no-controls

Where do I find the betas?

I used the uploader, there are no reported errors.

I will checkout "apt-update update" tonight.

Public betas are posted in here (viewforum.php?f=154)

Please note my edit... a typo... "apt-get update" :) BUT, if you saw no errors in the installation log then that will probably work fine. You'd likely see the certificate error there as well. But just another thing to check in case of issues. :)

Update: I installed 6.2.3 beta 9, removed dropbox, reinstalled dropbox. same issue, no buttons to enable for any user or the global admin.

I will try apt-get update tonight. I have done what I can remotely.

last few lines from /var/log/readynasd/install_debpkg.log


Description: Dropbox Manager for ReadyNAS OS 6
The Dropbox Manager will install the latest binaries
of the Dropbox daemon on x86 based ReadyNAS systems. It
also includes a Django based web interface for managing
user accounts and daemon settings.
fv-dpkginstall.awk: success
Successfully installed dependencies for /tmp/dropboxmanager_1.1.8_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package dropboxmanager.
(Reading database ... 44964 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dropboxmanager (from .../dropboxmanager_1.1.8_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up dropboxmanager (1.1.8) ...
insserv: warning: script 'leafp2p' missing LSB tags and overrides
ln -s '/lib/systemd/system/rnx-dropbox.service' '/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rnx-dropbox.service'
No DropBox users defined!
DONE(0): Tue Mar 10 13:44:59 CDT 2015
spooler returns spool_status=0 outbuf=(null) errbuf=(null) is_localapp=1 name=dropboxmanager_1.1.8_amd64.deb pkgname=dropboxmanager

Could it be that my admin user is not "admin" ?? reading through /etc/init.d/dropboxmanager and it seems to reference "admin" user

That could be it.

there is an "admin" in the user list "cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd"

I don't remember offhand how it decides which users go in there... but the file in which they get placed (for the daemon to recognize who it should try and start processes for) is /etc/default/dropbox.

Why your app page is blank though could be an entirely different issue, since it would normally display both the default global entry and one for each user on the NAS, regardless whether they appear in /etc/default/dropbox. But this is why the thread over at the official site will be important. I'd probably backreference this thread or post additional notes there on the results you're seeing in the logs.