MS0Office Education Account Sharepoint via WebDAV stopped working

I had Sharepoint configured (as shown below) via WebDAV, which worked for years. It recently quit working (within the last few months). I now get:


2025/11/13 23:54:08 ERROR : error listing: couldn't list files: 403 FORBIDDEN: 403 Forbidden
2025/11/13 23:54:08 NOTICE: Failed to lsd with 2 errors: last error was: couldn't list files: 403 FORBIDDEN: 403 Forbidden```

I believe it’s the same problem shown in this closed thread. In that thread, obtaining cookies from a browser and sticking it under headers in the config is recommended. I tried that to no avail.

Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command.

rclone v1.71.2

  • os/version: ubuntu 24.04 (64 bit)
  • os/kernel: 5.15.167.4-microsoft-standard-WSL2 (x86_64)
  • os/type: linux
  • os/arch: amd64
  • go/version: go1.25.3
  • go/linking: static
  • go/tags: none

Which cloud storage system are you using? (eg Google Drive)

Microsoft Education account: via WebDAV configured using Sharepoint as shown here.

The command you were trying to run (eg rclone copy /tmp remote:tmp)

rclone ls remote:

Please run 'rclone config redacted' and share the full output. If you get command not found, please make sure to update rclone.

[remote]
type = webdav
url = https://XXX-my.sharepoint.com/personal/XXX/Documents
vendor = sharepoint
user = abcd@abcd.abcd
pass = 92aosfha9s7f9as7df

A log from the command that you were trying to run with the -vv flag

Past2025/11/13 23:54:39 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.71.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "lsd" "-vv" "remote:"]
2025/11/13 23:54:39 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "__raw_onedrive_va:"
2025/11/13 23:54:39 DEBUG : Using config file from "/home/blueblue/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2025/11/13 23:54:39 DEBUG : found headers:
2025/11/13 23:54:41 ERROR : error listing: couldn't list files: 403 FORBIDDEN: 403 Forbidden
2025/11/13 23:54:41 DEBUG : 8 go routines active
2025/11/13 23:54:41 NOTICE: Failed to lsd with 2 errors: last error was: couldn't list files: 403 FORBIDDEN: 403 Forbiddene  log here

The 403 Forbidden error happens because Microsoft recently tightened SharePoint/OneDrive security. WebDAV with a username/password often no longer works for Education accounts.

The easiest fix is to switch your rclone remote to OneDrive instead of WebDAV and use OAuth login. This works reliably with Education accounts and avoids these errors.

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