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    • R Ropyro

      @BrutalBirdie It's gotta be possible. Right? I mean, I've used paid versions of Nextcloud in the past. I have to assume they didn't have access to my files. I hope, anyway.

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      wrote on last edited by BrutalBirdie
      #8

      @Ropyro Okay so here are my first findings, which are.. well. Bad.

      https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html

      I followed this doc.

      94feeba2-702b-4c96-aa1f-8b7b5fe53144-grafik.png

      Hmm well, lets try it with the cloudron file manager.

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      2c2a2e90-9ef7-46ce-80e6-9cea109c8657-grafik.png

      Good right?
      Nope.

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      bda46781-9e6f-41b2-ac5d-130a37dc354f-grafik.png
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      6c918f05-e0fb-458e-92ab-51ad09ffd901-grafik.png

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      • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

        @Ropyro Okay so here are my first findings, which are.. well. Bad.

        https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html

        I followed this doc.

        94feeba2-702b-4c96-aa1f-8b7b5fe53144-grafik.png

        Hmm well, lets try it with the cloudron file manager.

        fc4980fd-250d-44e6-87f2-6996b15c62ab-grafik.png

        2c2a2e90-9ef7-46ce-80e6-9cea109c8657-grafik.png

        Good right?
        Nope.

        9580023e-4b9c-4a06-a897-735555f653e9-grafik.png
        bda46781-9e6f-41b2-ac5d-130a37dc354f-grafik.png
        fde0c199-63f9-4a20-bcf9-80c4b784ac7f-grafik.png
        6c918f05-e0fb-458e-92ab-51ad09ffd901-grafik.png

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        wrote on last edited by
        #9

        @BrutalBirdie digging deeper

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        • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

          @BrutalBirdie digging deeper

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          wrote on last edited by
          #10

          @BrutalBirdie Man, thanks for doing the leg-work here. I'll be buying you a beer πŸ™‚

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          • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

            @BrutalBirdie digging deeper

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            wrote on last edited by
            #11

            I must be missing something?

            Now you must log out and then log back in to initialize your encryption keys.

            When you log back in, there is a checkbox for enabling encryption on your home storage. This is checked by default. Un-check to avoid encrypting your home storage.

            This never happened? I must be missing something..

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            • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

              I must be missing something?

              Now you must log out and then log back in to initialize your encryption keys.

              When you log back in, there is a checkbox for enabling encryption on your home storage. This is checked by default. Un-check to avoid encrypting your home storage.

              This never happened? I must be missing something..

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              wrote on last edited by
              #12

              @BrutalBirdie I mean, I see an option to enable "server-side" encryption on the admin/security page but I assume that's different than what you're doing?

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              • R Ropyro

                @BrutalBirdie I mean, I see an option to enable "server-side" encryption on the admin/security page but I assume that's different than what you're doing?

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                wrote on last edited by BrutalBirdie
                #13

                @Ropyro Nah that's exactly what I am looking at.

                Also this:
                https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html#enabling-users-file-recovery-keys

                Does not exist for me.

                If you want to team up on this we can do a discord call or something πŸ˜„

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                • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

                  @Ropyro Nah that's exactly what I am looking at.

                  Also this:
                  https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html#enabling-users-file-recovery-keys

                  Does not exist for me.

                  If you want to team up on this we can do a discord call or something πŸ˜„

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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #14

                  @BrutalBirdie Ha! I'm bouncing back and forth between this and another project right now. I appreciate all your help. Gives me a direction to play around with. Beer forthcoming πŸ™‚

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                  • R Ropyro

                    @BrutalBirdie Ha! I'm bouncing back and forth between this and another project right now. I appreciate all your help. Gives me a direction to play around with. Beer forthcoming πŸ™‚

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                    wrote on last edited by BrutalBirdie
                    #15

                    @Ropyro

                    Encryption keys are stored only on the Nextcloud server, eliminating exposure of your data to third-party storage providers. The encryption app does not protect your data if your Nextcloud server is compromised, and it does not prevent Nextcloud administrators from reading user’s files. This would require client-side encryption, which this app does not provide. If your Nextcloud server is not connected to any external storage services then it is better to use other encryption tools, such as file-level or whole-disk encryption.

                    😐
                    This is by design.
                    https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html
                    The first big yellow warning.


                    ps: Thanks for the Beer! Cheers 🍻

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                    • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

                      @Ropyro

                      Encryption keys are stored only on the Nextcloud server, eliminating exposure of your data to third-party storage providers. The encryption app does not protect your data if your Nextcloud server is compromised, and it does not prevent Nextcloud administrators from reading user’s files. This would require client-side encryption, which this app does not provide. If your Nextcloud server is not connected to any external storage services then it is better to use other encryption tools, such as file-level or whole-disk encryption.

                      😐
                      This is by design.
                      https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html
                      The first big yellow warning.


                      ps: Thanks for the Beer! Cheers 🍻

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                      wrote on last edited by BrutalBirdie
                      #16

                      And here we go for another round ...
                      https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/impersonate

                      This app is not compatible with instances that have encryption enabled.

                      01388500-57d0-47d6-b1f0-330a3e5b6e02-grafik.png

                      But.... it is? Its working? Right now?

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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #17

                        You can always encrypt before uploading.

                        Or use internxt.com which does ZK e2e for you.

                        Conscious tech

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                        • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

                          And here we go for another round ...
                          https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/impersonate

                          This app is not compatible with instances that have encryption enabled.

                          01388500-57d0-47d6-b1f0-330a3e5b6e02-grafik.png

                          But.... it is? Its working? Right now?

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                          #18

                          Ok... this is getting into a convoluted mess.

                          Now I found out there should be a per-user-encryption:
                          https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_details.html#key-type-user-key

                          Funny how this is missing in the doc for the encryption ooc commands...........
                          https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.html#encryption-label

                          And also not mentioned in the main doc where they show and tell about the Enabling users file recovery keys.
                          😑

                          I've set up a new Nextcloud (with user managed by the app) and installed the Default Encryption Module then went into the Nextcloud app web-terminal and did a:

                          root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:disable-master-key
                          Warning: Only perform this operation for a fresh installations with no existing encrypted data! There is no way to enable the master key again. We strongly recommend to keep the master key, it provides significant performance improvements and is easier to handle for both, users and administrators. Do you really want to switch to per-user keys? (y/n) y
                          Master key successfully disabled.
                          

                          Then I enabled the server wide encryption.

                          0f395350-8e58-4155-b335-02499f4ec9fa-grafik.png
                          Ok understandable because: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html#enabling-users-file-recovery-keys

                          So I set a recovery key. Good? Ehhhh... with that I can decrypt files from a user if he allows it.
                          Wait... if the user allows it? By default it's not allowed.
                          So if I try this in the web-terminal:

                          root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:decrypt-all eha
                          Disable server side encryption... done.
                          
                          
                          You are about to start to decrypt all files stored in eha's account.
                          It will depend on the encryption module and your setup if this is possible.
                          Depending on the number and size of your files this can take some time
                          Please make sure that no user access his files during this process!
                          
                          Do you really want to continue? (y/n) y
                          prepare encryption modules...
                          
                          Prepare "Default encryption module"
                          
                          You can only decrypt the users files if you know
                          the users password or if he activated the recovery key.
                          
                          Do you want to use the users login password to decrypt all files? (y/n) n
                          No recovery key available for user eha
                          Module "Default encryption module" does not support the functionality to decrypt all files again or the initialization of the module failed!
                           aborted.
                          Server side encryption remains enabled
                          

                          So now I impersonate the user... and allow it? πŸ€”
                          d78a56dd-a540-4330-afbf-0ce050854698-grafik.png
                          Please no....
                          0611b78e-e775-42c7-9957-76a191842c96-grafik.png
                          Please don't tell me now that I can decrypt the user files afterwards.

                          root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:decrypt-all eha
                          Disable server side encryption... done.
                          
                          
                          You are about to start to decrypt all files stored in eha's account.
                          It will depend on the encryption module and your setup if this is possible.
                          Depending on the number and size of your files this can take some time
                          Please make sure that no user access his files during this process!
                          
                          Do you really want to continue? (y/n) y
                          prepare encryption modules...
                          
                          Prepare "Default encryption module"
                          
                          You can only decrypt the users files if you know
                          the users password or if he activated the recovery key.
                          
                          Do you want to use the users login password to decrypt all files? (y/n) n
                          Please enter the recovery key password: 
                           done.
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                           starting to decrypt files... finished 
                           [============================]
                          
                          
                          Files for following users couldn't be decrypted, 
                          maybe the user is not set up in a way that supports this operation: 
                              eha
                                  /eha/files/allowed_recovery.md
                                  /eha/files/deny_recovery.md
                          
                          Server side encryption remains enabled
                          

                          thank god.

                          If I now look into the security tab as the user:
                          1d3fc02f-985b-4591-97e5-ed6559e491e5-grafik.png
                          This looks bugged.
                          So disable it again:
                          6f8a9e84-91cb-4d15-88c3-6be0f9182c30-grafik.png
                          and enable it again:
                          ba9fedb6-867a-4e9c-a23f-adca13ccda0d-grafik.png
                          Hmmm this Recovery Key enabled did never happen as impersonated user.
                          So this could be used as an indicator if an admin tried to decrypt your files... good to know I guess.

                          So now I can decrypt the user files with the recovery password?

                          root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:decrypt-all eha
                          Disable server side encryption... done.
                          
                          
                          You are about to start to decrypt all files stored in eha's account.
                          It will depend on the encryption module and your setup if this is possible.
                          Depending on the number and size of your files this can take some time
                          Please make sure that no user access his files during this process!
                          
                          Do you really want to continue? (y/n) y
                          prepare encryption modules...
                          
                          Prepare "Default encryption module"
                          
                          You can only decrypt the users files if you know
                          the users password or if he activated the recovery key.
                          
                          Do you want to use the users login password to decrypt all files? (y/n) n
                          Please enter the recovery key password: 
                           done.
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                           starting to decrypt files... finished 
                           [============================]
                          
                          
                          all files could be decrypted successfully!
                          Server side encryption remains enabled
                          

                          Yep worked.
                          ...
                          Okay I will write that down a bit clearer tomorrow. (And try this again with LDAP instead of user management by the app)

                          My head is smoking.
                          This documentation of Nextcloud is a nightmare!

                          Like my work? Consider donating a drink. Cheers!

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                          • BrutalBirdieB BrutalBirdie

                            Ok... this is getting into a convoluted mess.

                            Now I found out there should be a per-user-encryption:
                            https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_details.html#key-type-user-key

                            Funny how this is missing in the doc for the encryption ooc commands...........
                            https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/23/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.html#encryption-label

                            And also not mentioned in the main doc where they show and tell about the Enabling users file recovery keys.
                            😑

                            I've set up a new Nextcloud (with user managed by the app) and installed the Default Encryption Module then went into the Nextcloud app web-terminal and did a:

                            root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:disable-master-key
                            Warning: Only perform this operation for a fresh installations with no existing encrypted data! There is no way to enable the master key again. We strongly recommend to keep the master key, it provides significant performance improvements and is easier to handle for both, users and administrators. Do you really want to switch to per-user keys? (y/n) y
                            Master key successfully disabled.
                            

                            Then I enabled the server wide encryption.

                            0f395350-8e58-4155-b335-02499f4ec9fa-grafik.png
                            Ok understandable because: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_files/encryption_configuration.html#enabling-users-file-recovery-keys

                            So I set a recovery key. Good? Ehhhh... with that I can decrypt files from a user if he allows it.
                            Wait... if the user allows it? By default it's not allowed.
                            So if I try this in the web-terminal:

                            root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:decrypt-all eha
                            Disable server side encryption... done.
                            
                            
                            You are about to start to decrypt all files stored in eha's account.
                            It will depend on the encryption module and your setup if this is possible.
                            Depending on the number and size of your files this can take some time
                            Please make sure that no user access his files during this process!
                            
                            Do you really want to continue? (y/n) y
                            prepare encryption modules...
                            
                            Prepare "Default encryption module"
                            
                            You can only decrypt the users files if you know
                            the users password or if he activated the recovery key.
                            
                            Do you want to use the users login password to decrypt all files? (y/n) n
                            No recovery key available for user eha
                            Module "Default encryption module" does not support the functionality to decrypt all files again or the initialization of the module failed!
                             aborted.
                            Server side encryption remains enabled
                            

                            So now I impersonate the user... and allow it? πŸ€”
                            d78a56dd-a540-4330-afbf-0ce050854698-grafik.png
                            Please no....
                            0611b78e-e775-42c7-9957-76a191842c96-grafik.png
                            Please don't tell me now that I can decrypt the user files afterwards.

                            root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:decrypt-all eha
                            Disable server side encryption... done.
                            
                            
                            You are about to start to decrypt all files stored in eha's account.
                            It will depend on the encryption module and your setup if this is possible.
                            Depending on the number and size of your files this can take some time
                            Please make sure that no user access his files during this process!
                            
                            Do you really want to continue? (y/n) y
                            prepare encryption modules...
                            
                            Prepare "Default encryption module"
                            
                            You can only decrypt the users files if you know
                            the users password or if he activated the recovery key.
                            
                            Do you want to use the users login password to decrypt all files? (y/n) n
                            Please enter the recovery key password: 
                             done.
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                             starting to decrypt files... finished 
                             [============================]
                            
                            
                            Files for following users couldn't be decrypted, 
                            maybe the user is not set up in a way that supports this operation: 
                                eha
                                    /eha/files/allowed_recovery.md
                                    /eha/files/deny_recovery.md
                            
                            Server side encryption remains enabled
                            

                            thank god.

                            If I now look into the security tab as the user:
                            1d3fc02f-985b-4591-97e5-ed6559e491e5-grafik.png
                            This looks bugged.
                            So disable it again:
                            6f8a9e84-91cb-4d15-88c3-6be0f9182c30-grafik.png
                            and enable it again:
                            ba9fedb6-867a-4e9c-a23f-adca13ccda0d-grafik.png
                            Hmmm this Recovery Key enabled did never happen as impersonated user.
                            So this could be used as an indicator if an admin tried to decrypt your files... good to know I guess.

                            So now I can decrypt the user files with the recovery password?

                            root@f6665ea8-5f0a-41f7-b8ae-be1719062c33:/app/code# sudo -u www-data php -f /app/code/occ encryption:decrypt-all eha
                            Disable server side encryption... done.
                            
                            
                            You are about to start to decrypt all files stored in eha's account.
                            It will depend on the encryption module and your setup if this is possible.
                            Depending on the number and size of your files this can take some time
                            Please make sure that no user access his files during this process!
                            
                            Do you really want to continue? (y/n) y
                            prepare encryption modules...
                            
                            Prepare "Default encryption module"
                            
                            You can only decrypt the users files if you know
                            the users password or if he activated the recovery key.
                            
                            Do you want to use the users login password to decrypt all files? (y/n) n
                            Please enter the recovery key password: 
                             done.
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                             starting to decrypt files... finished 
                             [============================]
                            
                            
                            all files could be decrypted successfully!
                            Server side encryption remains enabled
                            

                            Yep worked.
                            ...
                            Okay I will write that down a bit clearer tomorrow. (And try this again with LDAP instead of user management by the app)

                            My head is smoking.
                            This documentation of Nextcloud is a nightmare!

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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #19

                            @BrutalBirdie Man, what a mess! I didn't have time to look into it today as deeply as you did. Can't thank you enough!

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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #20

                              Basically, what you want for this is end-to-end encryption (and I know a bit about this, it's literally my job to implement E2EE ^^).

                              The problem is that the nextcloud app that provides E2EE is bad, like really bad, like "my files just disappeared, i have no idea why" bad.

                              So, long story short, there is no simple way for you to provide this service to your friend with nextcloud with you not being able to look at their files.

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                              • mehdiM mehdi

                                Basically, what you want for this is end-to-end encryption (and I know a bit about this, it's literally my job to implement E2EE ^^).

                                The problem is that the nextcloud app that provides E2EE is bad, like really bad, like "my files just disappeared, i have no idea why" bad.

                                So, long story short, there is no simple way for you to provide this service to your friend with nextcloud with you not being able to look at their files.

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                                @mehdi also saw that the E2E app is more abandonware then anything. That's why I did not mention it more.

                                But to have no real and easy setup for this on Nextcloud is a real shame.

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                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #22

                                  As an alternative, I know that https://www.seafile.com/ is a file storage solution which offers end2end encryption, but when I last tried it (admittedly a few years ago) the client software was πŸ’©

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                                  • mehdiM mehdi

                                    As an alternative, I know that https://www.seafile.com/ is a file storage solution which offers end2end encryption, but when I last tried it (admittedly a few years ago) the client software was πŸ’©

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                                    @mehdi I moved my file storage/sharing from Nextcloud to Seafile.
                                    Nextcloud works well but is just bloat-ware if you don't use the collab features.
                                    Seafile is working well for me.
                                    Sadly self-hosted on another VPS instead of Cloudron at this stage (until some nice brave person packages it for Cloudron!)
                                    Maybe I'm cheap and easy to please but client software (on Mac) works fine for me, as both syncing client and remote drive client.

                                    Having said all that, I haven't explored the E2E encryption on multi-user basis.

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                                    • timconsidineT timconsidine

                                      @mehdi I moved my file storage/sharing from Nextcloud to Seafile.
                                      Nextcloud works well but is just bloat-ware if you don't use the collab features.
                                      Seafile is working well for me.
                                      Sadly self-hosted on another VPS instead of Cloudron at this stage (until some nice brave person packages it for Cloudron!)
                                      Maybe I'm cheap and easy to please but client software (on Mac) works fine for me, as both syncing client and remote drive client.

                                      Having said all that, I haven't explored the E2E encryption on multi-user basis.

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                                      @timconsidine said in Multiple account privacy:

                                      Seafile is working well for me.
                                      Sadly self-hosted on another VPS instead of Cloudron at this stage (until some nice brave person packages it for Cloudron!)

                                      Upvote here:
                                      https://forum.cloudron.io/post/1237

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                                        Thanks for everyone for their input on this. I love the community here. It's really surprising to me that this functionality isn't clear/straightforward. I've moved forward with a straightforward solution. I just installed another instance of Nextcloud for my friend. A little clunky but it works. It's just my personal Cloudron server anyway.

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                                          Thanks for everyone for their input on this. I love the community here. It's really surprising to me that this functionality isn't clear/straightforward. I've moved forward with a straightforward solution. I just installed another instance of Nextcloud for my friend. A little clunky but it works. It's just my personal Cloudron server anyway.

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                                          @Ropyro said in Multiple account privacy:

                                          I just installed another instance of Nextcloud for my friend

                                          If this relieves his privacy concerns... well. OK I guess 🀣
                                          You are still the admin and can view the data..

                                          e823a72f-d47f-4089-a005-e93a788108e1-grafik.png
                                          (alt: There is no cloud, just other people's computers - Sticker by fsfe.org)

                                          But still, there must be a solution for this.
                                          I don't want to believe Nextcloud has no good solution for this..

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                                            @Ropyro said in Multiple account privacy:

                                            I just installed another instance of Nextcloud for my friend

                                            If this relieves his privacy concerns... well. OK I guess 🀣
                                            You are still the admin and can view the data..

                                            e823a72f-d47f-4089-a005-e93a788108e1-grafik.png
                                            (alt: There is no cloud, just other people's computers - Sticker by fsfe.org)

                                            But still, there must be a solution for this.
                                            I don't want to believe Nextcloud has no good solution for this..

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                                            @BrutalBirdie Ha -- it didn't. I figured out after I set it up I still had access to his files πŸ™‚

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