Owncloud

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Backup users

Source:

• http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1889

It might happen, that you need to copy files from one Owncloud installation to another.

Or - like in my case - you change from an owncloud inline users to an LDAP account. Changing the authentification backend with the same usernames leads to new users and logins like this

owncloud/data/user_a -> owncloud/data/user_a_7532 (new user_a after LDAP)

Despite the login name will be the same it is not within the owncloud directory! If you login into the "user_a" and it's old password, you should get to the old account. When you login with user_a and the new LDAP password, you will get to the new account! Owncloud nows which is which.

But: I recommend to delete the old user and backup the directory.

Here is how to copy over the files:

Prerequisites:

A. Backup the complete /var/www/owncloud directory

B. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT - backup the old "user_a" - don't mix the two ways up !!!

• EITHER alter the password of the old user_a, before you add a new "user_a" via e.g. LDAP !!! But this will lead to new usernames on file system level!
• OR
  • backup the folder of your "user_a"
    • and later delete the user (see B.)

rsync -av --delete /var/www/owncloud/data/user_a -> user_a_backup

B. Create a new "user_a" - don't mix the two ways up !!!

• EITHER - when you changed the password - add your new authentification backend - e.g. LDAP . witch leads to the new "user_a"
• OR
  • first delete the old "user_a" in the administration interface of owncloud
  • and then add your new authentification backend

C. Test the new "user_a" login credentials inside of the webinterface of owncloud.

D. Stop apache (so no one would accidentally interfere with your owncloud installation)

E. Sync the folders for the new

apt-get install sqlite3 rsync

1. Copy everything from the old user_a to the new user_a_#### preserving the file and folder attributes !!!

cd /var/www/owncloud # depends on your install directory
rsync -av --delete data/user_a/. data/user_a_####/.

2. Trucate the file cache table in the owncloud database. OC version 6 and 7 differ a little bit in the sqlite version:

sqlite /var/www/owncloud/owncloud.db
sqlite> .tables

sqlite> DELETE FROM oc_fscache;   # oc version 6
sqlite> DELETE FROM oc_filecache; # oc version 7

sqlite> VACUUM
sqlite> .quit

F. Login in to the adminitration interface of owncloud (user admin ...) and check the users!

G. Login into your new "user_a" and the file cache will be recreated.

Sources.list and Installation

For the official installation manual see:

• http://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=isv:ownCloud:community&package=owncloud

Accourding to the manual

• Add the appropriate key for your distribution (here for Ubuntu 12.04):

 wget -qO - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:ownCloud:community/xUbuntu_12.04/Release.key | sudo apt-key add -

• Add a sources list file and

apt-get update

• Install the server package

apt-get install owncloud

WebDav support

apt-get install davfs2

Configure unpriviledged (non-root) user access:

dpkg-reconfigure davfs2

Prepare apache2 for owncloud

This is necessary to get access to the webinterface of owncloud.

HINT: If you are behind a NAT, you have to add your domain to your /etc/hosts file due to a problem with curl:

vim /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1  localhost owncloud.yourserver.tld

Then configure your apache2 hosts file:

vim /etc/apache2/sites-avaible/owncloud.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@YOURSERVER.TLD

        ServerName owncloud.yourserver.tld
        DocumentRoot /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld

        <Directory /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory> 

</VirtualHost>

<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
        ServerAdmin webmaster@YOURSERVER.TLD

        ServerName owncloud.yourserver.tld
        DocumentRoot /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld

        <Directory /path_to/www/owncloud.yourserver.tld>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory> 

        # SSL
        SSLEngine on
        SSLCertificateFile    /etc/apache2/ssl/ssl.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

Create a database

If you like to use a database like mysql you have to create a database, user and password in advance!

Settings

Now open your new Owncloud webpage and

1. Add admin account settings
2. Optional: enter database settings

Then you can enter new users!

Owncloud, LDAP and Zentyal

Zentyal 4.0 (Ubuntu 14.04) / Owncloud 7.0

There have been major changes to ldap on Zentyal 4.0 due to the new Samba backend:

• https://ludwig.im/en/projects/owncloud-samba4-apache2-twonkyserver

Server:

The main change is, that there is no user 'zentyal-ro' any more to make anonymous ldap queries. To get the user and is's password:

ls -lta /var/lib/zentyal/conf/zentyal-mail-*.passwd
cat /var/lib/zentyal/conf/zentyal-mail-*.passwd

A simple ldap-query can be mad with:

ldapsearch  -h 127.0.0.1 -U zentyal-mail_USER.org -b 'dc=DOMAIN,dc=tld' 'uid' | grep zentyal-mail

Which leads to the new credentials (you can use lower case: cn=, dc=, ...!):

cn=zentyal-mail-DOMAIN.TLD,cn=,dc=DOMAIN,dc=TLD

Other users you can check with:

 ldapsearch  -h 127.0.0.1 -U ldapuser -b 'dc=DOMAIN,dc=TLD' 'sAMAccountName=USERNAME'

Zentyal 3.3 (Ubuntu 12.04) / Owncloud 6.0

Activate the LDAP Backend:

[...]

To connect to an LDAP server the configuration needs to be set up properly. Once the LDAP backend is activated (Apps Sidebar→Apps, choose LDAP user and group backend, click on Enable) the configuration can be found on Settings→Admin. Read on for a detailed description of the configuration fields. [2]

[...]

See:

• [1] http://forum.zentyal.org/index.php/topic,12509.msg75526.html#msg75526
• [2] http://doc.owncloud.org/server/6.0/admin_manual/configuration/auth_ldap.html

apt-get install php5-ldap
a2enmod ldap
service apache2 restart

From: [2]

Owncloud 6, Zentyal 3.3 , I added 2 Groups (AdminHomeUser, HomeUser) and 5 Users. Following worked:

Server:

ServerIP: Server IP of Zentyal Server (for example: ldap://127.0.0.1)
Port: 390
DN of Client User: Root DN of Zentyal
Password: Password of ldap
Base DN: Zentyal Base DN

User Filter:

only those object classes: inetOrgPerson
only from those groups: AdminHomeUser, HomeUser

Login Filter:

LDAP Username: checked

Group Filter:

only those object classes: posixGroup
only from those groups: AdminHomeUser, HomeUser

Advanced - Directory Settings:

User Display Name Field: uid

Start multiple instances of owncloud client

Since the owncloud is not able to access multiple servers (as time of writign 08/2014), there is a workaround described in issue #43:

• https://github.com/owncloud/mirall/issues/43

#!/bin/bash
#
# https://github.com/owncloud/mirall/issues/43
# Thanks to lazyfrosch (commented on 5 Dec 2013) and ogasser (commented on 1 Jul 2014) 

##############################
# Give this instance a unique name
INSTANCE=business
 
##############################
# DO NOT ALTER FROM HERE
CONFDIR="${HOME}/.local/share/data/ownCloud_${INSTANCE}"
TMPDIR="/tmp/${INSTANCE}"

# ensure path exists
test -e "${CONFDIR}" || mkdir "${CONFDIR}"
test -e "${TMPDIR}" || mkdir "${TMPDIR}"

# change the temporary directory where the lockfile is located
export TMPDIR

# copy the binary
# yes we need to do this, or owncloud will think it's the same instance
# NOTE: symlink won't help unfortunatly
cp /usr/bin/owncloud "${HOME}/bin/owncloud_${INSTANCE}.bin"

# start owncloud with custom confdir
exec "${HOME}/bin/owncloud_${INSTANCE}.bin" --confdir "${CONFDIR}" "$@"