File Access Control for External Storage

[Robin_Hood]

I have the exact same problem with nextcloud 15.0.7. I’d like to block sync for specific external folders. I did the same. Put a restraint tag on the folder with an admin user. Other users do not see the tag and the File Access Control rule do not block the folder from sync.

It seems that tags do not carry over to other users???

Tagging files

You can assign tags to files. To create tags, open a file to the Details view. Then type your tags. To enter more than one tag press the return key after creating each tag. All tags are system tags, and are shared by all users on your Nextcloud server.

https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/13/user_manual/files/access_webgui.html?highlight=tags

It looks like the external storage app has not been upgraded for a long time??? Admin should be able to tag folder with the external folder app.

I followed this post.

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