Local Instance - Account and Password lost

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Nextcloud version (eg, 20.0.5): A fairly old version
Operating system and version (eg, Ubuntu 20.04): Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS x86_64
Apache or nginx version (eg, Apache 2.4.25): replace me Don’t know how to find this.
PHP version (eg, 7.4): 2:7.4+75

The issue you are facing: I am unable to “Forgot my password” as the email never reaches my inbox. I am the administrator of this nextcloud but I don’t know the administrator account name. There is nothing useful stored in the cloud right now.

I have access the the machine it runs on as root if need be. I installed this months ago and did not have time to do anything with it. Re-installing is an option. I do not know how to uninstall.

There does seem to be a /var/snap/nextcloud

Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N):Y

Steps to replicate it:

  1. Try to login but do not know password
  2. Ask for reset password "forgot password’
  3. See that mail does not arrive

The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging:

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The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud (make sure you remove any identifiable information!):

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The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

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Output errors in nextcloud.log in /var/www/ or as admin user in top right menu, filtering for errors. Use a pastebin service if necessary.

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no www under /var

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Which version exactly?

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Sorry i am not a Snap expert. If you do not understand Snap please also do not use it.

Maybe you can use occ (in Snap nextcloud.occ)
documentation normal occ (not Snap occ)

occ user - commands (useful for you)

Mabe the commands also works with Snap.