pcloud console client stuck on status is CONNECTING

[egeorgio3000]

Hello !
I've got quite the same problem as #193
I need to use the pcloud client on a VPS. After installing all as described i enter my password and the the client console is stucked on :

Down: Everything Downloaded| Up: Everything Uploaded, status is CONNECTING

it tried to use the -m ./mountPoint to force the mounting of the pcloud Drive but it changes nothing. What am i doing wrong please ?

[lneely]

It seems to me that this repo is dead. I submitted a bugfix PR two weeks ago, and have seen a small spike of issue tickets and other activity, but no signs of life from @pcloudcom.

So, to anyone interested, I've created my own independent fork of console-client with a boring name because I'm lazy. I promise to maintain it as inconsistently and haphazardly as I do all the other code I don't get paid to work on.

https://github.com/lneely/pcloudcc-lneely/

[egeorgio3000]

Thank you dude, i already have tried your work, but my issue come from the fact that pcloud require a validation code sent to a device it do not know. After this code is put on the graphical interface the client-console is working fine. In your repo do you deal with this authentification ?

[lneely]

That sounds like 2FA. I haven't implemented this yet, but I saw a PR in this repo that does implement a simple 2FA mechanism. I'm thinking about taking a selection of the open PRs with features / fixes like that and merging them into my fork.

If you're willing to bear with me as I learn the system and how to better maintain and improve it, I don't see any reason it can't be done.

[tieum]

currently working workaround, get the validation code by logging first to pcloud with a terminal browser

docker run --network host --rm -ti fathyb/carbonyl https://my.pcloud.com

[CorvusCorax]

a simpler workaround:

1. make a ssh connection to the server you need pcloud CLI to run on - with OpenSSH and flag "-D 19999" (sets up a socks proxy on port 19999 - you can use any port)
2. setup that proxy in your favorite browser (default is socks4 i think) and go to pcloud.com and log into your account
3. the webserver will ask you for the 2FA code - check email or whatever.
4. after successful login in the webserver log in with the pcloud CLI from the remote server -- it now does not get asked the 2FA and continues to SCANNING...
5. shutdown the ssh proxy and remove it from browser config (don't forget that last part or your browsing experience will be weird - LOL )

[asdf23]

Your best bet is to try one of the forks. Pcloud had abandoned the cli don't even respond to emails, bugs, etc.
I think our best sourse of action is to force them to remove the false claim that they have a Linux cli. False advertising.