[Bug]: User does not gain file/folder access when joining a remote share group
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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
See #51000
Steps to reproduce
- Server A shares a file with a group X in server B
- User P is added to the group X after the share
User P does not have access to the file. Any user(s) part of group X before the share do have access to the file.
Expected behavior
User P does have access to the file.
Nextcloud Server version
master
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
List of activated Apps
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Additional info
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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 reading issue #51000, which this report references, then trace the remote share flow for a user added to a group after the share exists. Reproduce the two-server scenario described here and verify that the newly added user gains access while existing group members retain access.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- authorization, backend, distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100