Centos 8 VDI - How to configure and mount OneDrive

Users will need this information when configuring access to OneDrive from a Linux Centos 8 VDI session.

Step-by-step guide

Configure

$ rclone config

• Select "n" for "New remote"
• Name your drive "OneDrive"
• Select "23" for type of storage

Then follow the instructions. Default answers can be accepted safely for every question that has one. 

When prompted, choose to use automatic config. This will open your browser and you will have to authenticate to receive a token.

After this, you will be asked to:

Choose a number from below, or type in an existing value
 1 / OneDrive Personal or Business
   \ "onedrive"
 2 / Root Sharepoint site
   \ "sharepoint"
 3 / Type in driveID
   \ "driveid"
 4 / Type in SiteID
   \ "siteid"
 5 / Search a Sharepoint site
   \ "search"
Your choice>

Answer "1" (OneDrive Personal or Business).

All done. You can exit now.

$ mkdir ~/OneDrive ; chmod 755 ~/OneDrive

Mount

$ rclone mount --vfs-cache-mode full OneDrive: ~/OneDrive &

For more detailed information, please visit: https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_mount/

Unmount

$ fusermount -u ~/OneDrive

Refresh token

$ rclone config

Edit OneDrive, answer yes to the first question. Answer all defaults until rclone says that the token already exists, refresh? Say yes.

Autostart

In order to get the mount added on login, you need to create a file named onedrive.desktop in ~/.config/autostart with the following lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Onedrive
Type=Application
Exec=sh -c "rclone mount --vfs-cache-mode full OneDrive: ~/OneDrive &"

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