'Path already shared with this group' after transfer-ownership of folder - 10.0.4

Server
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Steps to reproduce

  1. Large group share under dedicated owncloud user. Several contributors to group.
  2. User duplicates entire share into a subfolder of the ‘master’ share as a mistake (backup mistake)
  3. I use transfer-ownership on this duplicate folder (~3 folders deep of master share) to move it to their personal folder to sort out.
  4. After the operation completes, the master share from step 1 is showing as not shared in web interface. Also all group members lose the share from their clients, it doesn’t show up in ‘shared with me’ for any group members.
  5. I try and re-share the folder from the dedicated file sharing user in the web interface and get ‘Path already shared with this group’. (Also happens with a User that this was shared with specifically). However I am able to share it with individuals or groups it wasn’t previously shared with.

Expected behaviour

Root share should never have disappeared after transfer-ownership command of specific folder within share

Actual behaviour

Root share vanished and now won’t allow me to share again

Server configuration

Operating system: Ubuntu LTS 16.04.03

Web server: Apache 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.5

Database: mysql 5.7.20-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

**PHP version:**PHP 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ownCloud version: (see ownCloud admin page)10.0.4

Updated from an older ownCloud or fresh install: Updated from 9 and beyond

Where did you install ownCloud from: repo

Signing status (ownCloud 9.0 and above):

No errors have been found.

The content of config/config.php:

List of activated apps:
Enabled:

  • activity: 2.3.6
  • comments: 0.3.0
  • configreport: 0.1.1
  • dav: 0.3.2
  • federatedfilesharing: 0.3.1
  • federation: 0.1.0
  • files: 1.5.1
  • files_external: 0.7.1
  • files_pdfviewer: 0.8.2
  • files_sharing: 0.10.1
  • files_texteditor: 2.2.1
  • files_trashbin: 0.9.1
  • files_versions: 1.3.0
  • files_videoplayer: 0.9.8
  • firstrunwizard: 1.1
  • gallery: 16.0.2
  • market: 0.2.3
  • notifications: 0.3.2
  • provisioning_api: 0.5.0
  • systemtags: 0.3.0
  • templateeditor: 0.1
  • updatenotification: 0.2.1
    Disabled:
  • encryption
  • external
  • theme-example
  • user_external

Are you using external storage, if yes which one: separate local volume (no)

**Are you using encryption:**no

Client configuration

Browser: google chrome

Operating system: Mac OS

Logs

Web server error log

ownCloud log (data/owncloud.log)

Browser log

2

Do you have the exact commands you were using by chance?

3

I’ve just checked my bash history and I can’t find the command which is odd. It would have been sudo -u www-data php occ files:transfer-ownership --path=“path/within/master/share” mastershareuser userwhomessedup

I remember the output summarising how many files had been moved and it said 2 shares had been restored which I found odd. I checked the user’s profile and there were no shares on the transferred folder.

4

Old topic, but encountered same problem in Nextcloud 14 after moving (not shared) directory from one user home dir into another.

Solution is to change in database, oc_share table.

select * from oc_share where file_target like '/Your AlreadyShared Share What Seems to Be Lost Now%';

See uid_owner and uid_initiator is changed to new user (instead of old, what it should be).

For me it was needed to be “admin”, so I’ve changed it:

update oc_share set uid_initiator='admin' where id=73;

UPDATE 1

nextcloud=# update oc_share set uid_initiator='admin' where id=5;

UPDATE 1

5

Nice, thanks for sharing your solution

6

Hey,

i think the question remains if a solution for Nextcloud is also valid for ownCloud? It could be also possible that this workaround isn’t required at all for ownCloud.