nextcloud / nextcloud/end_to_end_encryption
browser: implement share by mail
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- PHP
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
You want to share an e2ee folder with someone, you have their email address
Describe the solution you'd like
- In the sharing sidebar of an e2ee folder, type an email address of an external user (who has no account on this instance)
- it should work, like with regular folders. It should send two emails, one with the link, and one with the e2ee mnemonic. External user can then access the files in the folder.
Describe alternatives you've considered
You can already create public links, and send link and mnemonic to external users, but this needs many extra steps
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how the sharing sidebar handles external email addresses for regular folders, then compare that flow with e2ee folder sharing and the existing public-link path. Done means an external recipient can receive separate file-link and e2ee-mnemonic emails and access the encrypted folder.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100