nextcloud / nextcloud/richdocuments
[Bug]: templates folder needs explicit permission to allow templates to be opened.
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Description
⚠️ This issue respects the following points: ⚠️
- This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
- This issue is not already reported on Github (I've searched it).
- Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
- I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.
Bug description
users can not open the template flies added in Settings / Office
Steps to reproduce
- Create a template folder in the root directory of nextcloud
- create a writer and calc template there
- add the template ins settings/office
- other users can not open the template - missing permission
Expected behavior
if the admin adds a template file in Settings/Office it should be readable by anyone without granting special rights to the file
Installation method
Other
Operating system
Other
PHP engine version
Other
Web server
Other
Database engine version
Other
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
No response
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
No response
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
Configuration report
I am using a SAAS NC installation - can not access the server and can not answer the questions
List of activated Apps
can not access the SAAS server
Nextcloud Signing status
No response
Nextcloud Logs
No response
Additional info
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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
Reproduce the issue using the listed steps: create templates in the root template folder, add them in Settings/Office, and try opening them as another user. Trace how the template file's permissions are handled and ensure an admin-added template is readable by other users without granting special file rights.
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Assessment
- Domain
- authorization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100