Remote Files, Google Drive, Error "The specified device is invalid"

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#20

Goos morning Libre Community,

I face the same problem trying to connect my Google Account with 2FA on Libre Office 24.2.1 on Windows 11. Google replies with Error 400: invalid_request.
— Quoted text from google page—
Access blocked: LibreOffice’s request is invalid for
xxx@gmail.com

You can’t sign in because LibreOffice sent an invalid request. You can try again later, or contact the developer about this issue. Learn more about this error :slight_smile: support.google.com accounts answer 12379384

If you are a developer of LibreOffice, see error details.

Doing so google search i read the following article saying that google upgraded its infrastructure and does not support legacy 3rd party apps using the oAuth v2.0
support google com accounts answer 12379384

I think that Libre Office developers must update the code using the latest authentication method that Google supports…

John

#22

I don’t know if this extension works because I am not interested in storing files in Google Drive but you can try, OAuth2OOo » Extensions

#24

I am receiving the same error in version 24.8.3.2 (X86_64).
Error saving the document :
The specified device is invalid.
I did double check my login credentials.
The add File Services dialog box does ask for a ‘Share’ and nowhere in any instructions does it mention this field or what to put in it.
The Share field is a freeform field, not a dropdown field.
It asks for Type, Share, User, Password, and Label with a checkbox for Remember password.
I would love to have this feature working.

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#25

Update: It gives the same error for Google Drive and OneDrive. It seems that this feature is not working for all types of remote storage options. I am not using 2factor authorization. I tried a work-around I found but it did not work either. I am hoping they get this working quickly.

#26

Did anyone ever answer this question? I have the same dialog box that asks for “share” and i have no idea what to put in the field. I tried the link i uses to share the file and it gives me the error The specified device is invalid.

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#27

No answer to this ongoing issue. It seems that it has been this way for a few years. I don’t have much hope that it will be fixed any time soon. It does not appear that this particular feature is very high on the priority list.

I don’t know what to put in the share field, so I left it blank. I think the feature is broken and it does not matter what is entered into the form, it will always fail. I think it is saying that Google Drive or OneDrive are invalid devices to connect to. LO may just need to do a total rewrite of the code relating to this feature.

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Did anyone ever answer this question? I have the same dialog box that asks for “share” and i have no idea what to put in the field. I tried the link i uses to share the file and it gives me the error The specified device is invalid.

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#3

There is a reported bug tdf#101630 - Google Drive two-factor authentication (2FA) not working again

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There appears to be a new issue with Google Drive Integration
#4

Hi, I’ve faced so many times extract problem please try to sing out and login again your gmail account.

#5

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#6

I too need some help! I am unable to configure LibreOffice to get and save to GoogleDrive. It keeps on referring to the “Google Drive asks for authentication 6-digit pin” but no pin is sent/received. I have tried with and without Google’s 2-Step Verification, but no luck. I see a number of online forums highlight this. Is there any possibility this will be able to be configured and work? I rely heavily on saving and editing documents on GoogleDrive locations and using LibreOffice. GoogleDoc has a few limitations for me. Any guidelines will help.

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#7

I too have the same problem. Mine is LibreOffice 7.0.3.1 x64.
LibreOffice can connect to the internet, there’s no firewall blocking, because it does connect to check for updates.
But it is not able to authenticate.
Initially I too was wondering where that 6 digit pin would come from. And maybe there would be a notification on the phone, or SMS, something. Nothing came.
I checked online, and people said enable 2 step verification, and set up Authenticator, which I did. And I used the 6 digit password from Authenticator too. Tried it more than once after the Authenticator refreshed the PIN. But still it gives the same Error Message. “The Specified Device is Invalid”.
And I am not able to figure out how to go ahead. Any help would be so welcome.

#8

Your’s is not an answer but a me-too posting. Please do not use the Answer field for comments that are not an answer to the original question, use Comment instead. Thanks.

You could had followed the link pointing to the bug in the answer by mariosv. Google keeps changing the API and devs have to keep up with that. In short, upcoming LibreOffice 7.2.0.2 should have support again. See that bug’s comment 82 for restrictions on what will work.

#14

Hi, with LibreOffice 7.5.2, tried both rpm and deb builds from this link on Ubuntu 22.04 and I still get the same error message. Can you confirm if the API related problems are back or is there a problem on my end? Thanks

#16

As best as I can tell, as of this post this feature still does not work as advertised and as instructed in the LO Help files, and no viable solution has been posted. I no longer even attempt to use the Google Drive connection supposedly baked into LibreOffice; instead I have resorted to FreeFileSync (donation version). Even if TDF should ever fix the problem—or make it clear how to connect to Google Drive in a way that actually works when you follow their instructions—I would continue to use FreeFileSync because it has one-way AND two-way synchronizing.

#17

You are not alone. I have attempted to get Remote Files to work on and off since April 2023. Using Google as a test, keep getting “Specified Device is Not Valid” error. I was able to get Remote Files to work a few years back, albeit very slow and non-intuitive.

I have recently decided to get back onto this topic. I utilize Ubuntu (version 22 presently) with the 7.3 version of LibreOffice.

Without any interaction with the developers as of yet, I can imagine this is a case of one-step forward and two-steps back. Third-party storage sites have soared in use in the past ten years, with attending security issues. The remote storage applications I have used at the enterprise level usually involve an elaborate exchange of keys for the user, the device and the session. My guess is that this evolving standard has been a challenge for the open source community to keep up with.

#18

Have you tried FreeFileSync? I doubt that TDF will ever provide anything comparable to FFS.

#19

Looked it up and it does look promising. But I typically use remote files in collaborative projects. Not necessarily syncing entire folders. From your experience with FreeFileSync, is it possible to use it to link to a specific Google Drive via a single folder on my local system?

#23

Thanks for the recommendation, @larrybradley1 . So can I assume still on 2024-08-13T19:52:00Z this is a unsolved problem by the ODF? It’s a pity, as it would make things easier. I would suggest to remove this option from the LibreOffice User interface.

#21

on the problem of connecting Google Account with 2FA on Libre Office 24.2.1 on Windows 11. Google replies with Error 400: invalid_request.
— Quoted text from google page—
Access blocked: LibreOffice’s request is invalid for
xxx@gmail.com

You can’t sign in because LibreOffice sent an invalid request. You can try again later, or contact the developer about this issue. Learn more about this error :slight_smile: support.google.com accounts answer 12379384

If you are a developer of LibreOffice, see error details.

Doing so google search i read the following article saying that google upgraded its infrastructure and does not support legacy 3rd party apps using the oAuth v2.0
support google com accounts answer 12379384

I think that Libre Office developers must update the code using the latest authentication method that Google supports.

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