[Bug]: LDAP remnant users should not appear in search results
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bug
feature: ldap
feature: search
- Dominant language
- PHP
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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 OR Nextcloud Community Forum (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
In the list of disabled users command occ ldap:show-remnants, all users, including deactivated ones, are displayed. Reportedly, deactivated users are also showing up in the Nextcloud search.
Steps to reproduce
- Configure ldap
- Execute the command occ ldap:show-remnants.
- Observe the list of users, including deactivated ones.
- Perform a search in Nextcloud and note the presence of deactivated users in the results.
Expected behavior
Remnant users should be considered disabled?
Installation method
None
Nextcloud Server version
26
Operating system
None
PHP engine version
None
Web server
None
Database engine version
None
Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?
None
Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?
None
What user-backends are you using?
- Default user-backend (database)
- LDAP/ Active Directory
- SSO - SAML
- Other
Configuration report
No response
List of activated Apps
No response
Nextcloud Signing status
No response
Nextcloud Logs
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Additional info
No response
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 reproducing the issue with the occ ldap:show-remnants command and a Nextcloud search, using the LDAP user backend described in the report. Trace how remnant and deactivated users are included in each result; done means deactivated remnant users no longer appear in either list.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- authentication, backend, search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100