[SOLVED] Owncloud Data Directory

Troubleshooting
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Just started out using Dietpi and it’s awesome and very intuitive.

Only problem so far is, having installed ownCloud and then setting up. Tried to set the DataFolder as /var/lib/owncloud/data, as described in the configuration guide, but received an error along the lines of write access denied. Then tried the default option /var/www/owncloud/data and that worked fine.

Does it make a difference having it at /var/www/owncloud/data ? Just wondering whether or not to reinstall ownCloud.

Thanks,

Tin Minnow

2

The recommendation is that your data folder is not under the www directory to make it more secure. Your problem is probably due to wrong file/folder permissions.

3

Thanks, that’s good to know. How would I go about changing the file permisions for that folder?

4

Hi Tin,

DietPi-Software sets up a symlink (shortcut) from /var/lib/owncloud/data to /mnt/dietpi_userdata during install.

Lets check to see if its active and check permissions, please run these and paste results:

ls -lha /var/lib/owncloud/data
ls -lha /mnt/dietpi_userdata
ls -lha $(readlink /mnt/dietpi_userdata)
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Hi Fourdee

These are the results. I did actually reinstall Dietpi and have yet to set up my owncloud admin account/data folder. Still receiving error 'Can’t create or write into the data directory /var/lib/owncloud/data ’ when trying.

~# ls -lha /var/lib/owncloud/data
ls: cannot access /var/lib/owncloud/data: No such file or directory
~# ls -lha /mnt/dietpi_userdata
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jul  4 20:49 /mnt/dietpi_userdata -> /mnt/usb_1
~# ls -lha $(readlink /mnt/dietpi_userdata)
total 101M
drwxr-xr-x 4 root     root     4.0K Jul  4 21:19 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root     root     4.0K Jul  4 20:49 ..
drwx------ 2 root     root      16K Jul  4 20:39 lost+found
drwxrwx--- 3 www-data www-data 4.0K Jul  4 21:26 owncloud_data
-rw------- 1 root     root     100M Jul  4 20:49 .swapfile

Thanks,

Tin Minnow

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Hi Tin,

Thanks for the results.

It looks like the documentation is incorrect.
/var/www/owncloud/data (not /var/lib/*) is the correct location to use when setting up Owncloud for the first time:

root@DietPi:~# ls -lha /var/www/owncloud/data
lrwxrwxrwx 1 www-data www-data 34 Jul  6 18:24 /var/www/owncloud/data -> /mnt/dietpi_userdata/owncloud_data

I’ve updated the documentation: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/dietpi-software-details-for-all-installation-options/22/6 Many thanks for reporting this Tin, and please let me know if this resolves the issue.

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Ok great, thanks for letting me know, it works perfectly now. And do you know if it is a security risk having it in that directory (/var/www) as johnvick suggested?

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Not sure, but I can’t access the data when browsing the web url /var/www/owncloud/data:
http://192.168.0.112/owncloud/data
Its also a symlink, so the physical data is located elsewhere, outside of /var/www.

You can use the below physical location (flash), or symlink (usb/custom) rather than /var/www/owncloud/data during 1st run setup. Either way, its outside the /var/www directory.

/mnt/dietpi_userdata/owncloud_data
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That’s good enough for me!