Rename host in nextcloud client without resyncing the whole stuff

📱 Desktop & mobile clients
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Hi all,

is there any chance to rename the nextcloud server name (URL) without removing the “account” from the client configuration. Removing the account (German: Benutzerkonto) from the NC Client and creating a new one is the only solution I currently suggest. But doing this I have to resync my complete directory structure ( 120 GB of size). This would be the easiest way, but also the slowest (Gigabit LAN vs. 6 MBit WAN), taking weeks…

For any reason (probably at the very beginning of my NC experience) I decided to use an internal hostname on my notebook in the NC Client URL. Meanwhile I managed NC to be available also from the internet (nginx, IPV4 to IPV6 gateway) - but with a different hostname (of corse). Now I would like to enable the NC Client to sync also over the internet.

Thanks for your help!

Kind regards

Peter

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I did this one time in the Linux NC client. Deleted the old account, created a new one and assigned the same directory. AFAIK the client offered an option not to resync. Your mileage my vary…

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