Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Merge pull request #11193 from nextcloud/backport/11190/stable27
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
[stable27] Update auth_mechanisms.rst
  • Loading branch information
juliushaertl authored Oct 11, 2023
2 parents 9efddd4 + 823a5b5 commit 737ac38
Showing 1 changed file with 15 additions and 0 deletions.
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ The **Global credentials** mechanism uses the general input field for "Global
credentials" in the external storage settings section as source for the
credentials instead of individual credentials for a mount point.

:ref:`Considerations for shared storage <considerations_for_shared_storage_label>`

Public-key mechanisms
---------------------

Expand All @@ -74,3 +76,16 @@ See :doc:`./sftp` for additional information on how to set up certificate based

.. figure:: images/auth_rsa.png
:alt: Form on admin page for generating RSA keys.

.. _considerations_for_shared_storage_label:

Considerations for shared storage
---------------------------------

Every external storage, which is using user specific authentication, is connected individually.
Even if several users connect to the same folder, the files are regarded as separate files per user.
Nextcloud can not recognize if two users access the very same file if they follow individual connections.

This has an influence on e.g. file locking as a locked individual file is not shown as locked to other users or users cannot collaboratively edit documents.

If collaborative working on external storage is required, the authentication "Global credentials" has to be used.

0 comments on commit 737ac38

Please sign in to comment.