Creating login/pwd access for an external user

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x): v32
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04): Debian 12
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25): unknown
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2): none
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3): PHP 8.2
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No): No
  • When did this problem seem to first start? first time I wanted to share to external users
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.): don’t remember
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No) No

Summary of the issue you are facing:

I’d like to create login + pwd for external users to my Nextcloud instance when sharing a folder. Ex. give access to a documents exchange folder both to customers employees and my own team. It seems that only a global sharing password is allowed.

Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):

  1. When sharing a folder, I add a new email address, thus creating a new user for this sharing (external customer).

  2. I click on the new user’s menu, customize their access rights (ex. add and modify), click on the “Protect with password” checkbox and enter the new password I’ve created for the user.

  3. I copy the link to the shared folder and send it to the new external user.

  4. When the user clicks on the link, they land on a page where only the password is requested. They don’t have to enter their login (i.e. email address) and their custom password.

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Thanks in advance for any help!

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Hey @jlgarnier welcome back :waving_hand:

you may be looking for this:

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Seems to be exactly what I’m looking for! :+1: Thanks a lot @scubamuc !

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