What is the problem you are having with rclone?
It is copying shared folders/files from impersonated user. If e.g. 1TB folder is shared with 38 users, rclone copy would create 38TB of data if I impersonate all 38 users and copy all files/folders from those users.
Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.
rclone v1.69.1
- os/version: unknown
- os/kernel: 4.4.302+ (x86_64)
- os/type: linux
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.24.1
- go/linking: static
- go/tags: none
Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)
Dropbox Enterprise
The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)
rclone copy --dropbox-impersonate testuser@testdomain.com Dropbox:/ /volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders/ --progress
Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.
[Dropbox]
type = dropbox
impersonate = XXX
shared_folders = false
token = XXX
client_id = XXX
client_secret = XXX
A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag
root@QNAP01:/volume1/DropboxFullBackup# rclone -vv copy --dropbox-impersonate testuser@testdomain.com Dropbox:/ /volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders/ --progress
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.69.1" starting with parameters ["rclone" "-vv" "copy" "--dropbox-impersonate" "testuser@testdomain.com" "Dropbox:/" "/volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders/" "--progress"]
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "Dropbox:/"
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : Using config file from "/root/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : Dropbox: detected overridden config - adding "{EAt8w}" suffix to name
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : Dropbox root '': Using root namespace "12446679971"
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "Dropbox:/" to be canonical "Dropbox{EAt8w}:"
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "/volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders/"
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : fs cache: renaming cache item "/volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders/" to be canonical "/volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders"
2025/05/12 17:29:31 DEBUG : Added delayed dir = "Test User", newDst=<nil>
2025/05/12 17:29:32 DEBUG : Added delayed dir = "Test User/TESTSHARETEST", newDst=<nil>
2025/05/12 17:29:32 DEBUG : Test User/TESTSHARETEST/test_share_test.txt: Need to transfer - File not found at Destination
2025/05/12 17:29:32 DEBUG : Local file system at /volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders: Waiting for checks to finish
2025/05/12 17:29:32 DEBUG : Local file system at /volume1/DropboxFullBackup/user_folders: Waiting for transfers to finish
2025/05/12 17:29:32 DEBUG : Test User/TESTSHARETEST/test_share_test.txt: dropbox = e1046e67408b1b71325b1b5214fc0fe18eb919f4b1103cc2f07d73188be19a0f OK
2025/05/12 17:29:32 DEBUG : Test User/TESTSHARETEST/test_share_test.txt.4a80df1f.partial: renamed to: Test User/TESTSHARETEST/test_share_test.txt
2025/05/12 17:29:32 INFO : Test User/TESTSHARETEST/test_share_test.txt: Copied (new)
2025/05/12 17:29:32 INFO : Test User/TESTSHARETEST: Set directory modification time (using DirSetModTime)
2025/05/12 17:29:32 INFO : Test User: Set directory modification time (using DirSetModTime)
Transferred: 15 B / 15 B, 100%, 0 B/s, ETA -
Transferred: 1 / 1, 100%
Elapsed time: 1.1s
2025/05/12 17:29:32 INFO :
Transferred: 15 B / 15 B, 100%, 0 B/s, ETA -
Transferred: 1 / 1, 100%
Elapsed time: 1.1s
2025/05/12 17:29:32 DEBUG : 8 go routines active
2025/05/12 17:29:32 INFO : Dropbox root '': Committing uploads - please wait...
root@QNAP01:/volume1/DropboxFullBackup#
So folder TESTSHARETEST has been shared form another user to Test User. If I rclone files from Test User it does download the folder/file - is there any way to prevent this and only have rclone download user file/folders that they own and nothing else? Thank you