diff --git a/docs/content/jottacloud.md b/docs/content/jottacloud.md index 7d815e8c4..87b1e9e28 100644 --- a/docs/content/jottacloud.md +++ b/docs/content/jottacloud.md @@ -34,10 +34,33 @@ and you have to choose the correct one when setting up the remote. ### Standard authentication -To configure Jottacloud you will need to generate a personal security token in the Jottacloud web interface. -You will the option to do in your [account security settings](https://www.jottacloud.com/web/secure) -(for whitelabel version you need to find this page in its web interface). -Note that the web interface may refer to this token as a JottaCli token. +The standard authentication method used by the official service (jottacloud.com), as well as +some of the whitelabel services, requires you to generate a single-use personal login token +from the account security settings in the service's web interface. Log in to your account, +go to "Settings" and then "Security", or use the direct link presented to you by rclone when +configuring the remote: . Scroll down to the section +"Personal login token", and click the "Generate" button. Note that if you are using a +whitelabel service you probably can't use the direct link, you need to find the same page in +their dedicated web interface, and also it may be in a different location than described above. + +To access your account from multiple instances of rclone, you need to configure each of them +with a separate personal login token. E.g. you create a Jottacloud remote with rclone in one +location, and copy the configuration file to a second location where you also want to run +rclone and access the same remote. Then you need to replace the token for one of them, using +the [config reconnect](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_config_reconnect/) command, which +requires you to generate a new personal login token and supply as input. If you do not +do this, the token may easily end up being invalidated, resulting in both instances failing +with an error message something along the lines of: + + oauth2: cannot fetch token: 400 Bad Request + Response: {"error":"invalid_grant","error_description":"Stale token"} + +When this happens, you need to replace the token as described above to be able to use your +remote again. + +All personal login tokens you have taken into use will be listed in the web interface under +"My logged in devices", and from the right side of that list you can click the "X" button to +revoke individual tokens. ### Legacy authentication