[Solved] Occ file:scan not working for __groupfolder

A_3 · October 4, 2020, 11:12pm

Nextcloud version: 19.0.3
Operating system and version: Ubuntu 16.04.7
Apache or nginx version: Apache 2.4.46
PHP version: 7.4.10

The issue you are facing:
I am trying to move some files from a groupfolder in nextcloud to a NFS share and empty the __groupfolder every night.

Steps:

NFS is mounted and writable
Script copies files to NFS share
Script Delete all files in __groupfolder
Script execute occ command to scan specific __groupfolder directory

My problem is that occ file:scan is not working when i try to scan a specific __groupfolder directory “occ files:scan --path=”/var/www/ncdata/__groupfolders/2" occ throws me a unknow user error.
When using “/var/www/nextcloud/occ files:scan --all” the __groupfolder is scanned but also all the other directories and i want to avoid that.

/var/www/nextcloud/* user and group is = www-data
/var/www/ncdata/* user and group is = www-data

A_3 · October 5, 2020, 5:14am

After expanding my search to the Github page of the Nextcloud Group folder app found the appropriate occ cli commands.

sudo -u www-data php /var/www/nextcloud/occ groupfolders:scan 2

Link: https://github.com/nextcloud/groupfolders

Command line configuration via occ

Group folders can be configured on the command line (cli) using the occ command:

occ groupfolders:create <name> → create a group folder
occ groupfolders:delete <folder_id> [-f|--force] → delete a group folder and all its contents
occ groupfolders:expire → trigger file version expiration (see Nextcloud docs for details)
occ groupfolders:group <folder_id> <group_name> [-d|--delete] [write|share|delete] → assign groups and their rights to a group folder
occ groupfolders:list → list configured group folders
occ groupfolders:permissions → configure advanced permissions (see below for details)
occ groupfolders:quota <folder_id> [<quota>|unlimited] → set a quota for a group folder
occ groupfolders:rename <folder_id> <name> → rename a group folder
occ groupfolders:scan <folder_id> → trigger a filescan for a group folder