Dein Datenverzeichnis kann von anderen Benutzern gelesen werden

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#1

I am trying to get Nexcloud Server running on Linux Mint 20:
I ran the nextcloud installation wizard as described here: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/19/admin_manual/installation/installation_wizard.html

At the end I got this message:

Fehler

Dein Datenverzeichnis kann von anderen Benutzern gelesen werden

Bitte ändere die Berechtigungen auf 0770, sodass das Verzeichnis nicht von anderen Benutzern angezeigt werden kann.

So I tried to change using “chmod -R 0770” /var/www/nextcloud/data
Now the error message changes to:
"Dein Datenverzeichnis ist ungültig Stelle sicher, dass eine Datei “.ocdata” im Wurzelverzeichnis des data-Verzeichnisses existiert. Your data directory is not writable Berechtigungen können zumeist korrigiert werden indem dem Web-Server Schreibzugriff auf das Wurzel-Verzeichnis eingeräumt wird. Siehe auch https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/20/go.php?to=admin-dir_permissions. "

How to get rid of this error circle?

#2

My .ocdata has 0744

#3

Found a solution:
Change /var/www/nextcloud/data - and only this directory - to 0773, hence not readable by others.
Now it works! :slight_smile:

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#4

Dear @anon93002831,
changed .ocdata to 0744, too.
Thank you very much for the hint! :slight_smile:

  • What is the purpose of .ocdata?
#5

Gladly, I cannot say it but I think it is so. I can’t remember having changed anything.

#6

.ocdata is just an empty file that with its presence tells nextcloud that it is looking at the right dir for data.

#7

0773 makes no sense. The world can write and execute? That makes no sense.
Nobody sets something for all to 3.

#8

Indeed, I was astonished, too, this works and it was the very last thing I tried.
Firefox is running in terms of my login with all its processes and therefore there is a problem in the message “Change to 0770”, because followig this advice does not solve the issue but drop the other error message (, see above). Also just /data is set to 0773, all sub-directories not.