Change user store folder

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Hi everyone,

It’s possible to change only the user store folder? I want to change only the user folder location, but keep .ocdata, .htacess and all config files stored in /data folder at same place. I just want to move the USERNAME folder stored in /data folder to another place.

I know about external storage, but external storage creates a new link on the OwnCloud front-end page. I want to keep it normal, not creat a new folder to store files.

I don’t know if I explained myself right, if not, I could try to explain again.

Thanks.

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Hi,

unfortunately this is not possible. You can only move the whole /data folder and that only during the installation:

Please also avoid starting experiments with symlinks:

https://github.com/owncloud/documentation/issues/2493

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If you’re using LDAP there is a way, but it requires you to have the full absolute path of every home folder stored in an LDAP attribute. Search for “User Folder Home Naming Rule” here ownCloud Documentation Overview

For non-LDAP use cases unfortunately there is currently no way.

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Thank you. I hacked the owncloud to make this work.

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On a slightly related note, it would be cool to be able to move the home folders into their own subdirectory by default instead of having them directly inside of “data”: Move home folders into a subdir of data · Issue #18029 · owncloud/core · GitHub