Deleting user account should remove associated locks
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0. Needs triage
enhancement
feature: locking
feature: users and groups
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Description
Recently, I made some manipulations that result in locking a directory. I deleted and created again the user account. I tried to created a directory with the same name. Result : Nextcloud tells me that the directory is locked because deleting the user did not delete the lock...
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Research direction
The issue identifies a lifecycle bug: deleting a user leaves an associated directory lock, preventing recreation of a directory with the same name. No source file or test is named, so start by locating user-deletion handling and the lock cleanup path, then reproduce the delete-and-recreate scenario and add coverage showing that the lock is removed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100