SeaDrive: Cannot login via SSO in Linux (Gnome/Wayland)

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Hi,

I am testing using SeaDrive with the latest Debian Linux using Gnome. After i install the latest version of SeaDrive for Linux, in the Add Account screen i select Single Sign On. This opens a smaller window where i type in the address of the Seafile server and then a small browser window appear that has a blank white screen. This is supposed to show the SSO webpage but for some unknown reason on Gnome (or Wayland) built-in web browser cannot load the SSO page, thus i am not able to pass the login.

This works in windows, which i guess has a different underlying browser which loads the page.

Is there a way to bypass that or use an alternative way to login via SSO in Gnome?

I have also tested with a KDE environment with the same result as they both use Wayland as their backend.

Thanks

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You can set the below option to true in seahub_settings.py:

CLIENT_SSO_VIA_LOCAL_BROWSER = True

This will ask the client to use local browser on your computer.

Refer to seahub_settings.py - Seafile Admin Manual

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Thank you, that works.

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This doesn’t work on Ubuntu 24.04..
It works on windows though

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It may be due to some special problem on your computer. You can have a look at seadrive-gui.log. Which version of SeaDrive do you use?

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Hi! I have a similar issue. On PopOS 24.04. the in-app browser does not seem to work: the auth URL itself appears correct and I can log in successfully in the browser, but the in-app browser is just stuck and never loads anything. Meanwhile, if I set the LOCAL_BROWSER flag as suggested above, the client just tells me “Failed to get client SSO link”. On Windows and MacOS, I have no login issues.

Any suggestion how to debug this? Where can I find the seadrive-gui.log?

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Which version of Seafile server do you use? Please post the client log when you meet the error.

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Hi! Sorry for the late reply. The server version is 11.0.13… Now that I think of it, that’s probably quite old. I’ll try to upgrade it as soon as I can, and hopefully that should help… Thank you for the response.