Can I decrypt files with cli?

[dachary]

Hi,
I would like to decrypt files (NextCloud 13) encrypted for a given user, from the CLI. The user asks the files are sent to another server, unencrypted and there are many gigabytes. I would like to do something like:

• decrypt everything locally
• rsync the decrypted file tree to the other server

Is there a way to do that?

Thanks!

[STrike]

Maybe this thread can help you

Decrypt My Files

Hi, you have to distinguish between the master key and the recovery key. In general Nextcloud provides to possible setups: Every user has it’s own private/public key and the Admin can additionally offer a recovery key which each user need to accept (opt-in). In order to decrypt the user files with occ you need either the users password and in this case the users private key + the file keys + the database to check the signature or the recovery key password (if the user enabled the recovery ke…

[Sanook]

@dachary

decrypt everything locally

occ encryption:decrypt-all [username]

https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/13/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html?highlight=encrypt#occ-encryption-commands

[dachary]

With Nextcloud 13.0.5 it unfortunately does not work

php -f occ encryption:decrypt-all test
Disable server side encryption... done.


You are about to start to decrypt all files stored in test's account.
It will depend on the encryption module and your setup if this is possible.
Depending on the number and size of your files this can take some time
Please make sure that no user access his files during this process!

Enable server side encryption... done.
aborted

I assume this is because encryption is an all-or-nothing option and cannot be fine tuned per-user?