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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Which programs use the new "Online Accounts"?
In Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 it's possible to configure a Google Online Account. I'm able to configure this program to get access to Mail, Contacts, Calendar and Chat.
But which programs use this data? ...
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Google keep asking for permission to authorize my online account
Seems like google accounts authorized are not persistent. Every time I reboot "online accounts" loses the permissions and I have to re-authorize Ubuntu.
Is this the default behaviour? Is there any ...
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Google Drive takes a very long time to open with GNOME Online Accounts
Following this answer: https://askubuntu.com/a/320333/719469, I added Google to my GNOME accounts but when I click on my Drive account id in Nautilus, it does not show any file and in the bottom right ...
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How do I use connect Office 365 via MS Exchange to a GNOME Online Account?
I am trying to setup an online account that connects to my companies office365 but i'm getting the error: "Cannot fins WebDAV endpoint".
I can normally connect and login to the account via ...
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Why doesn't gnome-online-accounts accept a Google "application specific password"?
I use 2-step verification with Google, so when giving permission to gnome-online-accounts to access my Google account, I have to type in the authentication code as well. That's just fine, it's how ...
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How to add support for new services to Friends?
With the new friends-app landing in Ubuntu, it occurred to me that adding support for Instagram in the timeline would be cool. I also thought I might take a stab at it myself, but I'm having a hard ...
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Can't delete Facebook and Google in Online Accounts! Where is the config file for Ubuntu Online Accounts located?
since today I have an issue with my Ubuntu Online Account Settings. I started Empathy to log into my messengers, but I got an error that Facebook, Google and MSN need an authentication. I tried to ...
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"Applications can no longer access your Online Account"
As soon as I start my computer this message appears:
Applications can no longer access your [email protected] Online Account
Choose Online Accounts from the user menu to reinstate access to this ...
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Disable and delete goa-daemon
How to disable and delete goa-daemon. I'm not using online accounts and this daemon only consumes my memory and CPU.
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Ubuntu Gnome Facebook login error
I am not able to login into Facebook on online accounts of Gnome Ubuntu 13.10.
Always get this message (shown in screenshot)
Your popup is too small to display this page.
Please enlarge it to ...
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How can I access my Google Drive via the command line with Gnome Online Accounts?
I have two Google Drive accounts connected via Gnome Online Accounts (GOA). I can browse them with nautilus but I have not found how to access them through the command line. Shouldn't they be mounted ...
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Appearance, Online accounts disappeared in System Settings in Ubuntu 13.10
I was installing some apps and icons then I noticed that there were about 4 games installed, so I went to the Software Centre to remove them. Then I wanted to add my Facebook account to Online ...
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gnome-online-accounts (GOA) with Xubuntu?
1) Is there some alternative to gnome-online-accounts (GOA) for use in Xubuntu?
2) If I install gnome-online-accounts in Xubuntu it pulls in the following dependencies
The following NEW packages ...
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Can't connect facebook to online accounts in 13.04
Just install 13.04 and am having trouble setting up online accounts with facebook. It opens up firefox and when I log in it comes up with a security warning. Any ideas why this is or what I could do ...
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How secure is gnome-online-accounts?
As with anything that wants my passwords I want to know about the how safe it is to use the gnome-online-accounts [g-o-a] feature (and how it can be exploited). I'm only interested in the Google part ...
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How to remove Calendars from Gnome Calendar?
I have removed Google from my Online Accounts. But when I start my computer I am asked for a Google password. The dialog does not show which application is asking. I suppose it is Calendar.
When I ...
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How do I sync Google Photos to a hard drive directory?
I take pictures on my Android phone, and I have them synced with Google Photos, which puts them on other devices immediately via the cloud.
How do I enable Google Photos to automatically sync to my ...
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Google Calendar not appearing in gnome-calendar
I just upgraded from 15.10 to 16.04 and also upgraded GNOME to 3.20 and my Google calendar isn't showing events & isn't listed in settings either.
The Google account is set up correctly in ...
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Is there a technical reason why a Ubuntu One account is needed for livepatching?
In order to set up Livepatch on Ubuntu 18.04, one needs to have a Ubuntu One account. Clearly this choice has privacy implications, and possibly also security ones (for instance, in theory, Canonical ...
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Is it secure to connect a google account with online accounts of GNOME?
I am new to Ubuntu. I was trying to connect my Google Drive account with Ubuntu and saw this related answer. When I try to synchronize gnome with the google account it asks for access to basically ...
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What's the purpose of the Ubuntu Online Accounts extension in Firefox?
On my Ubuntu 14.04, there is a Firefox extension "Ubuntu Online Accounts 0.5", installed by the package xul-ext-webaccounts (which is in the default install).
What is the purpose of this extension? ...
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Why won't my Ubuntu GNOME accept my google password?
I am using Ubuntu GNOME 14.04. I integrated my Google account with it. But every time I login GNOME asks for my google account password. But when I give it, it simply wont accept it! I am 100% sure I ...
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Add Microsoft Work account to Ubuntu 20.04
I'm trying to add my Microsoft work account to ubuntu 20.04 on Settings -> Online Accounts.
However, when I click on it, it asks for my password, which indicates it only supports personal accounts. Is ...
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How to integrate gnome-online-accounts?
There is a new feature called gnome-online-accounts, which has been introduced in Gnome3 , but its still not integrated into Ubuntu 11.10.
Does anyone know how to get this working?
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Google online account is always asking for access grant [closed]
When I open my user session in Ubuntu 12.10, System Settings tray icon in top panel is always in red mentioning that some online account needs internet access grant.
Yet, It's always Google and only ...
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Prox* authentication issue with online accounts (12.10)
I want to use Ubuntu's online accounts feature to access my Facebook account. The thing is, my school has a proxy server you have to use to access https sites. So I configured my proxy settings ...
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GNOME Online Accounts - Timeout was reached
I recently noticed that all of my GNOME online account credentials showed as expired, so I attempted to re-enter them, only to be redirected to a blank page with the text "Timeout was reached". I then ...
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How to remove "online accounts" from "system settings"?
I uninstalled "Unity" and use "Gnome Shell" instead, but the new "online accounts" was still in the "system settings" menu. How can I completely remove it?
I tried the command below but it doesn't ...
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How can I remove an Online Account?
Is it possible to remove accounts shown in the screen below?
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Add TU-Berlin MS Exchange Account: Failed to find ASUrl and OABUrl in autodiscover response
I try to add my university exchange account to Ubuntu 18.04 using Settings > Online Accounts > Microsoft Exchange with the following settings:
Email: [email protected]
Passwort: *****
Username: ...
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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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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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Empathy doesn't connect to facebook accout
in System settings >> Online accounts when i add facebook account it redirects me to the browser and opens a webpage in the photo below and do nothing after that
any help ??
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Online Accounts - Linkedin [closed]
When trying to add Linkedin to online accounts, I keep getting
Invalid redirect_uri. This value must match a URL registered with the API Key
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Can't find/remove online account from Evolution
I have two accounts set up in evolution that I'm not able to remove nor from Evolution itself neither from the online account panel.
In evolution the "Delete" button is disabled when I select those ...
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OAuth/Authenticating user for Unity Lenses
Trying to create a lens that would touch a web service that requires oauth authentication.
And a search here, netted me this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/Lenses
I was using this tutorial to ...
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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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Ubuntu 14.04 asking Google permission
This question is related. So every time I boot Ubuntu it keeps asking for a Google account permission and I have to go to system settings
and click on Grant access every time. How do I fix it?
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Adding Facebook Online Account - "application you are trying to use doesn't exist or has been disabled" [closed]
I noticed on April 9 that Empathy wasn't connecting to Facebook Chat, so I opened Online Accounts, and it appears that I needed to authorize Ubuntu to access Facebook. But then I couldn't do that - ...
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Gnome online accounts not syncing with Gnome Shell calendar
I'm using Gnome Shell in Ubuntu 11.10. I've recently activated online accounts, which is supposed to sync my Google Calendar with Gnome Shell's calendar. However, it does never sync. I've tried to ...
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What is the best multi-account Twitter client?
I used Gwibber in the past to follow two Twitter accounts I have. To distinguish between the two, it was possible to assign a different colour to each account.
Now I'm trying to use Gwibber again but ...
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Twitter is missing from the list of Online Accounts in Ubuntu 14.04 - GNOME
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with GNOME shell and from the list of "Add an Online Account", Twitter is missing. Below is a screenshot:
Any idea why?
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What are online accounts and how do they work?
While playing around with my 11.10 install I found a section under the "MeMenu?" which was labeled "Online Accounts"
What is this feature and how does it work?
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Ubuntu Contacts and Google - how to sync?
I would like to use the contacts app in Ubuntu to pick up and sync with my Google contacts. This way they will be there on my phone and my other computers.
I see no way to do this.
Can anyone help ...
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can't login into google in online accounts section
I'm on pop os but it's based on Ubuntu so the solution should be the same
I was able to login to google via online accounts section then it said your session has expired and then when I logged out to ...
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Cannot connect to online accounts in Empathy (Ubuntu 12.10)
All my online accounts that connect to Empathy for IM will not work. Empathy gives an error message of "No reason specified" for each one. Gwibber works fine, so it seems to be a problem more related ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: my google account calendars have disappeared from GNOME calendar
Not sure if the same problem as here. I have made a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.04 and added my Google accounts in the Online Accounts of the Settings app.
At the beginning I could perfectly see ...
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gio mount - how to use Gnome keyring for password?
I am using Nextcloud as an "Online Service" in Ubuntu 18.04. After logging in and starting a Nautilus (Files) window I can mount the service without (re)entering my password by clicking on it in the ...
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How to remove individual calendars from Gnome Calendar in Bionic Beaver
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04.1 from 16.04. I noticed that there are several (around 12) calendars associated with my Google Calendar account. I would like to disable most but not all of them.
How ...
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