Nextcloud version: 22.2.3.0
Operating system and version: Arch Linux 5.10.90-1-lts x86_64
Apache or nginx version: nginx/1.20.2
PHP version: 8.0.14
The issue you are facing: After restart of the server, Nextcloud web displays error “Cannot write into “config” directory!”
Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Y/N): Y
Steps to replicate it:
- Update of the server (pacman -Syu)
- reboot
- visit NC website
The output of your Nextcloud log in Admin > Logging: https://pastebin.com/CawtW71D
The output of your config.php file in /path/to/nextcloud
(make sure you remove any identifiable information!):
<?php
$CONFIG = array (
'config_is_read_only' => false,
'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'memcache.locking' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis',
'redis' =>
array (
'host' => '/run/redis/redis.sock',
'port' => 0,
),
'apps_paths' =>
array (
0 =>
array (
'path' => '/usr/share/nginx/html/nextcloud/apps',
'url' => '/apps',
'writable' => true,
),
1 =>
array (
'path' => '/usr/share/nginx/html/nextcloud/custom_apps',
'url' => '/custom_apps',
'writable' => true,
),
),
'instanceid' => 'INSTANCEID',
'passwordsalt' => 'REDACTED',
'secret' => 'REDACTED',
'trusted_domains' =>
array (
0 => 'nextcloud.MYDOMAIN.cz',
),
'datadirectory' => '/home/tyler/nex/data/',
'dbtype' => 'mysql',
'version' => '22.2.3.0',
'overwrite.cli.url' => 'http://nextcloud.MYDOMAIN.cz',
'dbname' => 'nextcloud',
'dbhost' => 'localhost',
'dbport' => '',
'dbtableprefix' => '',
'mysql.utf8mb4' => true,
'dbuser' => 'nextcloud',
'dbpassword' => 'REDACTED',
'installed' => true,
'mail_smtpmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_smtpauthtype' => 'LOGIN',
'mail_sendmailmode' => 'smtp',
'mail_from_address' => 'MYDOMAIN',
'mail_domain' => 'MYDOMAIN.cz',
'mail_smtpauth' => 1,
'mail_smtphost' => 'mail.MYDOMAIN.cz',
'mail_smtpname' => 'tyler@MYDOMAIN.cz',
'mail_smtppassword' => 'REDACTED',
'mail_smtpsecure' => 'ssl',
'mail_smtpport' => '465',
'twofactor_enforced' => 'true',
'twofactor_enforced_groups' =>
array (
),
'twofactor_enforced_excluded_groups' =>
array (
),
'maintenance' => false,
'theme' => '',
'loglevel' => 3,
'app_install_overwrite' =>
array (
0 => 'drawio',
),
'data-fingerprint' => '2099a474defcf5c8a215790505997d93',
'default_phone_region' => '+420',
'has_rebuilt_cache' => true,
);
Nginx and php-fpm are running under http user.
Permissions of the files/dirs should be ok:
ll /usr/share/nginx/html/nextcloud/
total 168
drwxrwx--- 14 http http 4096 Jan 10 12:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jan 9 12:03 ..
drwxrwx--- 44 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 3rdparty
drwxrwx--- 48 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 apps
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 19327 Nov 16 13:52 AUTHORS
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Jan 11 09:37 config
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 3924 Nov 16 13:52 console.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 34520 Nov 16 13:52 COPYING
drwxrwx--- 22 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 core
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 5163 Nov 16 13:52 cron.php
drwxrwx--- 35 http http 4096 Dec 17 15:24 custom_apps
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 3252 Nov 16 17:51 .htaccess
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 156 Nov 16 13:52 index.html
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 3504 Jan 10 12:52 index.php
drwxrwx--- 6 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 lib
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 283 Nov 16 13:52 occ
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 ocm-provider
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 ocs
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 ocs-provider
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 3139 Nov 16 13:52 public.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 5340 Nov 16 13:52 remote.php
drwxrwx--- 4 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 resources
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 26 Nov 16 13:52 robots.txt
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 2452 Nov 16 13:52 status.php
drwxrwx--- 3 http http 4096 Nov 16 13:52 themes
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Sep 29 23:19 updater
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 101 Nov 16 13:52 .user.ini
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 422 Nov 16 13:52 version.php
# ll /usr/share/nginx/html/nextcloud/config/
total 104
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Jan 11 09:37 .
drwxrwx--- 14 http http 4096 Jan 10 12:52 ..
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 76 Oct 16 10:32 apcu.config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 377 Oct 16 11:57 apps.config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 2028 Jan 11 09:37 config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 61785 Nov 16 13:52 config.sample.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 495 Nov 16 13:52 .htaccess
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 35 Feb 13 2020 mimetypealiases.json
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 46 Feb 13 2020 mimetypemapping.json
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 300 Oct 14 19:13 redis.config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 669 Jun 14 2019 smtp.config.php
ll /home/tyler/nex/data/
total 20609100
drwxrwx--- 15 http http 4096 Dec 10 11:14 .
drwxrwx--- 3 http http 4096 Oct 15 19:59 ..
drwxrwx--- 13 http http 4096 Jan 29 2021 appdata_INSTANCEID
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 0 Oct 20 09:52 audit.log
drwxrwx--- 3 http http 4096 Nov 8 22:16 files_encryption
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Jan 17 2021 files_external
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 0 Oct 16 16:50 flow.log
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Sep 1 2019 gpxpod
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Feb 13 2020 __groupfolders
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 542 Nov 16 17:51 .htaccess
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 0 Nov 16 17:51 index.html
-rw-r----- 1 http http 63065202 Jan 10 12:52 nextcloud.log
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 21040507047 Oct 7 21:32 nextcloud.log.1
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 0 Nov 16 17:51 .ocdata
drwxrwx--- 15 http http 4096 May 13 2021 ownbackup
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 4096 Oct 7 21:10 owncloud.db
drwxrwx--- 8 http http 4096 Nov 9 00:10 tyler
drwxrwx--- 3 http http 4096 Jul 25 11:46 test
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 33994 Nov 16 17:51 updater.log
drwxrwx--- 4 http http 4096 Nov 16 17:51 updater-ocwrmpj8dvw6
root@server:/usr/share/nginx/html/nextcloud# su http
[http@server nextcloud]$ echo test > config/test.txt
[http@server nextcloud]$ cat config/test.txt
test
[http@server nextcloud]$ rm config/test.txt
[http@server nextcloud]$ ls -al config/
total 104
drwxrwx--- 2 http http 4096 Jan 11 10:54 .
drwxrwx--- 14 http http 4096 Jan 10 12:52 ..
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 76 Oct 16 10:32 apcu.config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 377 Oct 16 11:57 apps.config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 2028 Jan 11 09:37 config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 61785 Nov 16 13:52 config.sample.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 495 Nov 16 13:52 .htaccess
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 35 Feb 13 2020 mimetypealiases.json
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 46 Feb 13 2020 mimetypemapping.json
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 300 Oct 14 19:13 redis.config.php
-rwxrwx--- 1 http http 669 Jun 14 2019 smtp.config.php
If I put config_is_read_only’ => true to the config.php I get Cannot write into “apps” directory
I tried (I guess) all the solutions from this forum and nothing helped.
Thanks for your suggestions, I am out of ideas:)