File Sharing¶
Nextcloud users can share files with their Nextcloud groups and other users on the same Nextcloud server, with Nextcloud users on other Nextcloud servers, and create public shares for people who are not Nextcloud users. You have control of a number of user permissions on file shares.
Configure your sharing policy on your Admin page in the Sharing section.
Check
Allow apps to use the Share API
to enable users to share files. If this is not checked, no users can create file shares.Check
Allow users to share via link
to enable creating public shares for people who are not Nextcloud users via hyperlink.Check
Allow public uploads
to allow anyone to upload files to public shares.Check
Always ask for a password
to proactively ask a user to set a password for a share link.Check
Enforce password protection
to force users to set a password on all public share links. This does not apply to local user and group shares.Check
Set default expiration date
to set a default expiration date on public shares.Check
Allow resharing
to enable users to re-share files shared with them.Check
Allow sharing with groups
to enable users to share with groups.Check
Restrict users to only share with users in their groups
to confine sharing within group memberships.Note
This setting does not apply to the Federated Cloud sharing feature. If Federated Cloud Sharing is enabled, users can still share items with any users on any instances (including the one they are on) via a remote share.
Check
Exclude groups from sharing
to prevent members of specific groups from creating any file shares in those groups. When you check this, you’ll get a dropdown list of all your groups to choose from. Members of excluded groups can still receive shares, but not create any.Check
Allow username autocompletion in share dialog
to enable auto-completion of Nextcloud usernames.Check
Show disclaimer text on the public link upload page
to set and show a disclaimer text on public links with hidden file lists.
With Default share permissions
you are able to set the default permissions
for user-shares (Create
, Change
, Delete
and Share
) without
forcing them.
Note
Nextcloud does not preserve the mtime (modification time) of directories, though it does update the mtimes on files. See Wrong folder date when syncing for discussion of this.
Transferring files to another user¶
You may transfer files from one user to another with occ
. This is useful
when you have to remove a user. Be sure to transfer the files before you delete
the user! This transfers all files from user1 to user2, and the shares and
metadata info associated with those files (shares, tags, comments, etc).
Trashbin contents are not transferred:
occ files:transfer-ownership user1 user2
(See Using the occ command for a complete occ
reference.)