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The Basics
- Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
- 34.0.2
- Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
- Linux 4.18.0-553.141.2.lve.el8.x86_64 x86_64
- Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
Litespeed
- Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
N/A
- PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
8.5.7
- Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
N/A
- When did this problem seem to first start?
N/A
- Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
AIO
- Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
N/A
Summary of the issue you are facing:
I want to create a shared photo gallery for extended family. Here’s how I’d like it to work.
Users who wish to store their images in the gallery would get their own accounts. Others would use a read-only account to view images without any write privileges. The gallery would not be publicly accessible (without a login of some sort).
Users could create as many albums as they need to organize their photos.
All photos and albums would automatically be viewable (read-only) by all other accounts. Multiple users could collaborate on specific albums, presumably via the use of groups.
I want to do all this within the Memories app, primarily because of its metadata capabilities.
That’s what I’d like, but I haven’t yet figured out the sharing and access parts.
How close to this scenario can I get with Nextcloud?
Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):
- N/A
Log entries
Nextcloud
Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the Copy raw option from Administration settings->Logging screen or from your nextcloud.log located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.
N/A
Web Browser
If the problem is related to the Web interface, open your browser inspector Console and Network tabs while refreshing (reloading) and reproducing the problem. Provide any relevant output/errors here that appear.
N/A
Web server / Reverse Proxy
The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:
N/A
Configuration
Nextcloud
The output of occ config:list system or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your config.php file from /path/to/nextcloud is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):
{
"system": {
"instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"trusted_domains": [
"cloud.olinfamilysociety.org"
],
"datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtype": "mysql",
"version": "34.0.2.1",
"overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/cloud.olinfamilysociety.org",
"dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbtableprefix": "oc_",
"mysql.utf8mb4": true,
"dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"installed": true,
"forbidden_filename_basenames": [
"con",
"prn",
"aux",
"nul",
"com0",
"com1",
"com2",
"com3",
"com4",
"com5",
"com6",
"com7",
"com8",
"com9",
"com\u00b9",
"com\u00b2",
"com\u00b3",
"lpt0",
"lpt1",
"lpt2",
"lpt3",
"lpt4",
"lpt5",
"lpt6",
"lpt7",
"lpt8",
"lpt9",
"lpt\u00b9",
"lpt\u00b2",
"lpt\u00b3"
],
"forbidden_filename_characters": [
"<",
">",
":",
"\"",
"|",
"?",
"*",
"\\",
"\/"
],
"forbidden_filename_extensions": [
" ",
".",
".filepart",
".part"
],
"mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
"mail_smtpsecure": "ssl",
"mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"mail_smtpport": "465",
"mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
"mail_smtpstreamoptions": {
"ssl": {
"allow_self_signed": false,
"verify_peer": true,
"verify_peer_name": true
}
},
"maintenance": false,
"maintenance_window_start": 5,
"config_preset": 2,
"default_phone_region": "US",
"memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"redis": {
"host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
"port": 0
},
"memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
"app_install_overwrite": [],
"memories.db.triggers.fcu": true,
"memories.vod.path": "\/home\/olinfami\/cloud.olinfamilysociety.org\/apps\/memories\/bin-ext\/go-vod-amd64",
"enabledPreviewProviders": [
"OC\\Preview\\Image",
"OC\\Preview\\HEIC",
"OC\\Preview\\TIFF"
],
"preview_max_x": 1024,
"preview_max_y": 1024,
"memories.vod.disable": false,
"memories.vod.ffmpeg": "\/home\/olinfami\/cloud.olinfamilysociety.org\/apps\/recognize\/node_modules\/ffmpeg-static\/ffmpeg",
"memories.gis_type": 1,
"memories.exiftool": "\/home\/olinfami\/cloud.olinfamilysociety.org\/apps\/memories\/bin-ext\/exiftool\/exiftool",
"memories.exiftool_no_local": true,
"memories.viewer.high_res_cond_default": "always"
}
}
Apps
The output of occ app:list (if possible).
Enabled:
- activity: 7.0.0
- appstore: 1.0.0
- bruteforcesettings: 7.0.0
- circles: 34.0.0
- cloud_federation_api: 1.18.0
- comments: 1.24.0
- contactsinteraction: 1.15.0
- dashboard: 7.14.0
- dav: 1.39.0
- federatedfilesharing: 1.24.0
- files: 2.6.0
- files_downloadlimit: 5.2.0
- files_lock: 34.0.1
- files_pdfviewer: 7.0.0-dev.0
- files_reminders: 1.7.0
- files_sharing: 1.26.0
- files_trashbin: 1.24.0
- files_versions: 1.27.0
- firstrunwizard: 7.0.0-dev.0
- guests: 4.9.0
- logreader: 7.0.0
- lookup_server_connector: 1.22.0
- memories: 8.1.0
- nextcloud_announcements: 6.0.0
- notifications: 7.0.0-dev.1
- oauth2: 1.22.0
- office: 1.0.0
- password_policy: 6.0.0-dev.0
- photos: 7.0.0
- previewgenerator: 5.14.0
- privacy: 6.0.0-dev.1
- profile: 1.3.0
- provisioning_api: 1.24.0
- recognize: 12.0.0
- recommendations: 7.0.0
- related_resources: 5.0.0-dev.0
- serverinfo: 6.0.0
- settings: 1.17.0
- sharebymail: 1.24.0
- support: 6.0.0
- survey_client: 6.0.0-dev.0
- systemtags: 1.24.0
- text: 8.0.0
- theming: 2.9.0
- twofactor_backupcodes: 1.23.0
- twofactor_totp: 16.0.0
- updatenotification: 1.24.0
- user_status: 1.14.0
- viewer: 7.0.0-dev.0
- webhook_listeners: 1.6.0
- workflowengine: 2.16.0
Disabled:
- admin_audit: 1.24.0
- app_api: 34.0.0 (installed 34.0.0)
- encryption: 2.22.0
- federation: 1.24.0 (installed 1.24.0)
- files_external: 1.26.0
- suspicious_login: 12.0.0-dev.0
- twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 8.0.0
- twofactor_webauthn: 2.7.0 (installed 2.7.0)
- user_ldap: 1.25.0
- user_migration: 10.4.0 (installed 10.4.0)
- weather_status: 1.14.0 (installed 1.14.0)
Tips for increasing the likelihood of a response
- Use the
preformatted textformatting option in the editor for all log entries and configuration output. - If screenshots are useful, feel free to include them.
- If possible, also include key error output in text form so it can be searched for.
- Try to edit log output only minimally (if at all) so that it can be ran through analyzers / formatters by those trying to help you.