Transfer Ownership: "Share with id XX points at deleted file, skipping" and shares lost during transfer

[mseiwald]

Hi,

I want to transfer files/folders and the existing shares on those folders from one user to the other using the command:

su -p www-data -s /bin/sh -c "php /var/www/html/occ files:transfer-ownership --path oldUser newUser";

This is an example output:

Analysing files of oldUser ...
    0 [->--------------------------]
Collecting all share information for files and folders of oldUser ...
    4 [============================]
Transferring files to newUser/files/transferred from oldUser on 2021-02-17 12-33-27 ...
Restoring shares ...
Share with id 27 points at deleted file, skipping
 1/4 [=======>--------------------]  25%Share with id 28 points at deleted file, skipping
Share with id 29 points at deleted file, skipping
Share with id 30 points at deleted file, skipping
 4/4 [============================] 100%

First of all I don't know what the error Share with id XX points at deleted file, skipping means. I found previous reports related to quota etc. In my case both users have a large enough quota and there are no deleted files. I'm getting this error everytime even with an empty test folder.

Furthermore, shares on the transferred folders are lost.

I would appreciate any hint on how to troubleshoot this issue and fix it.

Thanks!

Nextcloud version: 20.0.5

[solracsf]

Furthermore, shares on the transferred folders are lost.

Check the doc: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/20/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.html#file-operations

Incoming shares are not moved because the sharing user holds the ownership of the respective files and therefore owns the decision which actual users/groups to be shared with.

[mseiwald]

Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, I was only referring to outgoing shares (i.e. shared folders owned by the old user) which are also lost but shouldn't be according to the documentation:

Outgoing shares are moved as well.

[szaimen]

Is this Issue still valid in NC21.0.2? If not, please close this issue. Thanks! :)

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity and seems to be missing some essential information. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[pierreozoux]

We experience the same with a Nc22. We'll share details in a moment.