Can't access config.php, cant use root, sudo not working

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Still learningā€¦
Set up a VM on my NAS, using a prebuilt OVA Nextcloud which I purchased.
Everything is working great, can see it on lan IP, can also access remotely.

However, I need to add the remote IP as a trusted domainā€¦ this is where I get stuck.
Using ncadmin on SCP, i cant access the folder of Nextcloud as im locked outā€¦

So I added a root password, yet root wont let me login at allā€¦ so it seems ncadmin should be the root userā€¦ but im guessing its just sudoā€¦ but sudo isnt really much help over SCP.
As its a VM, I cant access the files any other wayā€¦

Kinda at a lossā€¦
Maybe a feature request for the futureā€¦ allow admin users to add trusted domains via the control panelā€¦

As I just seem to be unable to do this otherwiseā€¦

Still learning SSH commands, so happy to do it over that, but would prefer not to as I really dispise text editing over SSHā€¦ its painful.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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I do not fully understand your setup or access?

Does ncadmin have ssh access and sudo rights.

you can add a trusted domain several ways then.
for example create a trusted.config.php in your NC config dir containing

<?php
$CONFIG = array (
    'trusted.domains' => array (
         1 => 'your.example.tld',
  ),
);

seems after rereading you need ssh instructions.
Why is text editing a pain over ssh isnā€™t it the same as local ?

Using my favorite editor nano you can go up left and right with arrows and save with ctrl+o and exit with ctrl+x what more do you need to edit one line.

ssh ncadmin@serverIP

edit using sudo add your trusted domain you can cut and paste with ctrl+shift+c (copy) ctrl+shift+v (paste)

sudo nano /var/www/NC-INSTALL-DIR/config/config.php

not using nano create the file locally and copy to ncadmin homedir then copy the file to NC-INSTALL-DIR/config

copy above and save as trusted.config.php

scp trusted.config.php ncadmin@serverIP

or

cat trusted.config.php | ssh ncadmin@serverIP 'cat > trusted.config.php'

then ssh into server and adjust rights and copy

ssh ncadmin@serverIP

then change the ownership to the webserver user as example here ā€˜www-dataā€™

sudo chown www-data:www-data trusted.config.php

and copy it

sudo -u www-data cp trusted.config.php /var/www/NC-INSTALL-DIR/config/

Hope this helps you create your file