Question: how do I know where my nextcloud files areactually stored?
Background: I installed nextcloud earlier this year following this guide. It worked for a while, then stopped working. Not really knowing what to do, I shrugged and thought to try and install it in a new jail. I also planned on setting about deleting all the data sets and shares connected to the old jail but due to work and other life issues I never got around to it. Then, a couple of days ago it hit me that I had probably been an idiot and forgot and the first rule of computers. That being “ when something doesn’t work try a reboot”. I had rebooted the server a couple of times but never quite tried to check back on the jail, So I really haden’t got a clue if it worked or not. Things being what they were, I tried to restart the jail using the Iocage command in the cli, and lo and behold the thing worked again. This made me happy, but there was a cause for concern. I had realized that nextcloud is probably a lot more useful to me then I thought, and my initial use case for installing it has expanded. Being who I am, I like to have at least SOME understanding of where files that I store in my nextcloud actually are located on the server (in terms of file paths, I am thinking) so I wonder, is there anyway for me to find out? I have a file with a very funny name so if there was some sort of search utility I could use to find its This the nation that would probably answer my question I think.
Bomus question: Is there anyway to show an existing folder (shared with SMB to nextcloud in such a way that the filse show up as though they hade been uploaded to it?)
Background: I installed nextcloud earlier this year following this guide. It worked for a while, then stopped working. Not really knowing what to do, I shrugged and thought to try and install it in a new jail. I also planned on setting about deleting all the data sets and shares connected to the old jail but due to work and other life issues I never got around to it. Then, a couple of days ago it hit me that I had probably been an idiot and forgot and the first rule of computers. That being “ when something doesn’t work try a reboot”. I had rebooted the server a couple of times but never quite tried to check back on the jail, So I really haden’t got a clue if it worked or not. Things being what they were, I tried to restart the jail using the Iocage command in the cli, and lo and behold the thing worked again. This made me happy, but there was a cause for concern. I had realized that nextcloud is probably a lot more useful to me then I thought, and my initial use case for installing it has expanded. Being who I am, I like to have at least SOME understanding of where files that I store in my nextcloud actually are located on the server (in terms of file paths, I am thinking) so I wonder, is there anyway for me to find out? I have a file with a very funny name so if there was some sort of search utility I could use to find its This the nation that would probably answer my question I think.
Bomus question: Is there anyway to show an existing folder (shared with SMB to nextcloud in such a way that the filse show up as though they hade been uploaded to it?)
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