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Application password and the Nextcloud sync-client

With Nextcloud/Sunet Drive, you can create application passwords for individual applications. Here are the steps to use an application password for the sync-client.

  1. Log into your Sunet Drive via your browser using your normal identity (i.e., directly via https://drive.sunet.se)
  2. Remember the node URL, this is important later (e.g., https://su.drive.sunet.se for users from Stockholm University)
  3. Click on your profile icon and then Settings
  4. Open Security on the left panel
  5. Type in an app name and click on “Create new app password”
  6. Copy/Save the username and password
  7. Open your sync-client from the tray bar and click on your name
  8. Click on “Add account”
  9. Klick on “Log in”
  10. User URL from step 2 (e.g. https://su.drive.sunet.se) and click next
  11. Select “Alternative log in using app token”
  12. Paste the username/password from Step 6 and click on “Grant access”

From there you can then select which folders you want to synchronize.

Devices and Sessions dialogue after adding a new app

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Sync-client with the pasted credentials

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