nextcloud / nextcloud/groupfolders
User listed multiple times in ACL list
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Description
Nextcloud: 18.0.4
Group Folders App: 6.0.6
Browser: Firefox 75 (on Ubuntu Linux)
If a user belongs to multiple groups which are set in the admin config of a folder, the user is listed multiple times in the advanced settings list as can be seen in the images below.
Example:
Multiple groups are set in the admin of the _PermissionsTest group folder (with full access), as per following image.

TestUser1 belongs to groups cg-Test-V and cg-Test-F. TestUser1 appears twice in the advanced settings list, as per following image.

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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in Nextcloud 18.0.4 with Group Folders 6.0.6 using a folder configured for multiple groups and a user belonging to both groups. Inspect the code that builds the advanced settings ACL list; done means each user appears only once while retaining the appropriate access.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- authorization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100