Questions tagged [online-accounts]

This tag is appropriate for accounts on some online service (Google, Facebook, Yahoo) that are not necessarily connected to the current Ubuntu user account on a one-to-one basis.

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Gnome Online Accounts very slow with Google Drive

I am using Ubuntu 23.10 and did the whole process of configuring my Google Account with Gnome via the Online Account section in the settings. After doing so, and making sure only files is enabled as ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Single Sign-on account is stuck on "Connecting..."

I've just reinstalled Ubuntu 22.04. When I go to Settings / Online accounts and click Ubuntu Single Sign-on and input the correct credentials it just hangs on "Connecting..." and doesn't do ...
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Can't seem to sign into Google Account

I've and issue where I can't seem to log into google on my new installation of Ubuntu 23/10. I found it really useful on my old install which was the 22.04LTS but when I go to Settings>Online ...
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My Gnome Online Accounts have stopped working

Ubuntu 22.04, Evolution. My GOA this morning stopped working in Evolution. This has happened before, and I resolved it by removing the accounts and then reinstalling them. This is not working because ...
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"Failed to get Authorization" with a Google account secured with Okta

I have a Google account which is protected by Okta. When I add the Google account in the "Online Accounts" page, I go to the Google login form, I enter my username, which takes me to an Okta ...
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Online Accounts

I've installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my Dell Inspiron 15 3585 laptop. I'm trying to add my Google account in Online accounts. I enter my email address and password, but nothing happens. The blue bar just ...
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Online Accounts issue

I have just installed Ubuntu 23.10 on a new laptop (using X11 because Wayland causes me lots of issues), and I am having an issue with Online Accounts. I have three Google accounts, all with 2FA set, ...
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Cannot add Google Account to Dolphin Kubuntu 23.04

I cannot add any google account . I tried online accounts in settings but web auth hangs. I added kio, both via Discover and Terminal and Google Accounts now shows in Dolphin.However, when I try to ...
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GNOME Control Center freezes when trying to add a Gmail account

I want to add a Google account on my gnome-control-center online-account. The popup OAuth window for connecting GNOME to Google loads the first page (email), but when I validate, the window freezes ...
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Cannot add my school provided google account in settings -> online accounts (403 Forbidden)

I am on Ubuntu 22.04,my personal google accounts gets added just fine, but when i try to add my school provided google account instead of opening my school's website where i log in it just says 403 ...
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Online Accounts can't sign into google on Kubuntu

I am on freshly-installed Kubuntu 23.04 (KDE Plasma 5.27.4) trying to sign into my google account in system Settings → Online Accounts → Add Account → Google When I select Google, a pop-up window ...
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Kubuntu 22.03 access to "Online Accounts" on "System Settings" freezes the "Web authentication for google" window while trying to authenticate

You can reproduce this issue by opening System Settings at Plasma Desktop main menu. On the left panel you will find the Online Accounts section and a button to add a new account. Click on that button ...
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Settings > Online account window is not working

When I try to add online accounts from settings, I cannot do it because it opens a blank window. See screenshot. I have tried the stuff here: Can not add Online accounts in 20.04 I have tried the ...
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Cannot use Google Drive in my Google online account

I want to access files at my Google Drive from Kubuntu 23.04 I'm running. The problem is that when I add Google online account, it allows me to upload files to Youtube only, no traces of Google Drive ...
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Can't connect with Google

I am running 23.04 - all updates current. When I got to connect my online account with Google, I type in my email address, but then when it gives me the password prompt, I am not able to type anything ...
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Can I add a cloud service to Ubuntu Online Accounts?

Ubuntu offers connection and synchronisation to a very limited set of online cloud services, such as Google, Next cloud and a few others. My question is, can a new service be added to this predefined ...
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Syncing Ubuntu Online Accounts with Thunderbird

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and latest .deb of thunderbird. Is there a way to sync the online accounts of Ubuntu (email, calendar, etc.) with Thunderbird? The thunderbird asks me to add all my accounts....
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Random names instead of actual file & directory names when using Google Drive [duplicate]

I have mounted my Google Drive after logging in using Online Accounts from Settings. I am able to browse all my Drive folders and files through Nautilus after mounting. But when I open a file - like ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Browsers not saving files to attached Google drive?

Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop Added Google Drive under settings > Online Accounts. Using any browser, FireFox or Google Chrome, I am not able to save files to my network Google drive. What happens: When ...
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How to add yahoo mail into Ubuntu 22.04 Online Account?

How do I add yahoo mail to Ubuntu 22.04 Online Account? I tried clicking on IMAP and SMTP, filling in the Email and Name info, click Next and tried using the App Password generated by Account Security ...
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Online account not responding [duplicate]

I want to add my Google Drive to sync a specific folder on my home PC to access it from anywhere. I processed to do that by adding my Google account to the gnome online accounts, but sadly it's not ...
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Google Drive opens in VS Code

I added my Google account in the Online services in Ubuntu Unity 22.10. My Google drive showed up in the launcher, and was working fine until I installed VS Code. Now, clicking on the Google drive ...
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Peer failed to perform TLS handshake when adding Google account to online accounts

I have Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. When I try to connect the Google account to the online account, I encounter the following error: Peer failed to perform TLS handshake: The TLS connection was non-properly ...
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Accessing Google Drive via KDE Online Accounts?

In system settings there is Online Accounts. I made an account through this GUI interface using my existing Google account, and the creation seemed to be confirmed by a two-factor authentication. The ...
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Gdrive don't show up anymore in my file menager

after installed "github cli" following it documentation tutorial by this link, my gdrive stopped working. I checked my "online accounts" in "settings menu" and my google ...
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Google account/google shared drive: cannot open libreoffice files clicking on files

I have logged in to my google account in "online accounts" and I have seen my files there both in a shared drive and in my personal drive. I can copy them to "Documents" and open ...
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Jupyter does not work with dir and file names of Google mounted drives, becuase the names in the Temrinal are not the same as the Files app

I recently migrated from Windows to Ubuntu (22.04 LTS). I use Ubuntu online accounts to sync with my Google account, which is where I keep all my work. I followed all the steps to correctly mount the ...
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Synchronization issues with Google Accounts and Gnome Online Accounts

I'm currently GNOME 42.1 Ubuntu 22.04. I added Google account via the "Gnome Online Accounts". I can access GDrive but Calendars Contacts and Mail aren't synchronized. What can I do to make ...
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Google Drive on Lubuntu

I installed the Google drive on lubuntu (after first trying to install odrive which worked out to be a nodrive), using the online accounts (gnome-control-center online-accounts). I can the drive (...
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Is there a tool we can use to allow users to login to Ubuntu using their Google accounts

We have G-Suite for our company. and all users use windows 10 & windows 7, where we installed Google Credential provider for windows @ https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gcpw/. So users can login to ...
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online accounts won't connect google on kubuntu 20.04

On Kubuntu 20.04, the online accounts menu in settings won't let me connect my Google account. About a 1/4th of the time when I click to connect Google, it would load the login screen with a pure ...
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Online account settings freeze when clicked

I want to add my Google account, but the settings page instantly freezes when I click on Google. The same happens for the Microsoft, Flickr, foursquare and Microsoft exchange options. So everything ...
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Can not connect online accounts - options are greyed out

I'm trying to connect my Google and Microsoft accounts but seems like the function is deactivated. Clicking the three dots didn't work.
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One drive access in 21.10

Have also asked this in the Forums, but so far, not answered. Recently installed 21.10, and added Google Drive and One Drive during the setup process. (Can also add these later in Settings>Online ...
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Ubuntu single sign-on account stuck on "Connecting"

I've just installed Ubuntu 20.04. When I go to Settings → Online Accounts → Ubuntu Single Sign-On and input the correct credentials, it just hangs on Connecting... and doesn't do anything. However, ...
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Stuck on Ubuntu Single Sign-On Account

I made a fresh Ubuntu Installation and got stuck on the Ubuntu Single Sign-On Account. It's not able to SignIn neither it's getting cancelled, It's very much irritating. What can be done in this case? ...
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Reading and Writing to documents or other files in Google Drive using gnome account

So I added my Google Drive using gnome-online accounts in ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Now if I make changes to the directory (e.g add a new file or remove it etc.) it syncs fine. But whenever, I try to open a ...
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Is it possible to connect to my education onedrive with nautilus? [closed]

I currently use an email issued by my university(it is the typical "edu" account) but, every time I tried to use the settings app to connect to my microsoft account I get this error. I have ...
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Online service, NextCloud, is missing

I recently hoped from KDE Neon, to Kubuntu. My options are missing. The only thing that shows after trying to add an account is OpenDesktop. enter image description here enter image description here ...
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Cannot add a second Google account in Kubuntu 20.04

I want to add a second Google Drive account to Online Accounts in order to access a second Google Drive from Dolphin. After inserting the password, an empty window is displayed indefinitely. No error ...
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Online accounts login prompt is distorted on website pop-ups [duplicate]

When trying to login to an online account through the settings which opens a website pop-up (ex. Google, Microsoft, Flickr, and Foursquare) the popup is distorted and I can't see anything (see the ...
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Completely Disable/Remove "Welcome to Ubuntu!"/"Connect Your Online Accounts" Window

I am in the process of making a live USB for use in an IT environment, where the use will need to be very plug-and-play, with little to no interruption. I'm onto QOL development, and I am trying to ...
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Display probem with Ubuntu Online Accounts

Running Ubuntu 21.04 on Raspberry Pi 400. When I try to set up a Google or Microsoft Account, the resulting dialog box is garbled (see the following screenshot). I've tried adjusting the display ...
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Google Accounts has listed my device twice due to switching to Ubuntu. How do I fix it?

I logged into my Google account after switching my OS from Windows to Ubuntu a while ago. Today, I realized that Google Accounts has my device listed twice. The list is: Linux Windows Other Devices......
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When adding my Google account, how can I grant GNOME just some permissions?

I want to integrate my Google Calendar with the Calendar app in GNOME. To do that, I need to add Google to my Online Accounts, by launching Online Accounts in GNOME: When I try to add my Google ...
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Credentials expired for online accounts

I was trying to sync my google calendar with gnome-calendar, for that I added my accounts to ubuntu 20.04 but gnome-calendar didn't sync with them(don't know why) and after than when I restarted my ...
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Ruined my ~/.local and .config/ Tips for restoring?

I messed up both my .config/ and .local/ directories*. I had no idea these were so important! Tried restoring from backup but just got a useless error message about it doing being able to perform ...
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deja-dup wrong behaviour with google drive

I had a google account connected to Ubuntu20.04. I tried to make a backup to google drive and as intended, the backup started normally. I didn't have enough free space in this account so I decided to ...
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Adding a Nextcloud account in Unity desktop

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with Unity desktop and I have the following issue: There is an option to connect a Nextcloud account as an Online Account. I enter the needed server name, username and ...
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Boost Note won't sync with GNOME Online Accounts

I'm trying to sync my notes on Boostnote with Google Drive automatically using GNOME Online Accounts. I've connected my Drive folder, but when I create a storage location in that folder, Boostnote ...
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