[files_external] Global credentials (user entered) not working

[wiswedel]

Steps to reproduce

1. Configure one or more external storages with auth method Global credentials, user entered (no matter if on admin- or user-side external storage config page)
2. enter global credentials on user external storage config page and save
3. hit the checkmark behind the external storage

Expected behaviour

green checkmark, storage connects

Actual behaviour

red exclamation mark, storage doesn't connect

Log when trying to connect SMB/CIFS

{
"reqId": "i9aJHt3OkFpI1ILuyEU8",
"level": 3,
"time": "December 02, 2019 21:23:17",
"remoteAddr": "####################",
"user": "####################",
"app": "PHP",
"method": "PUT",
"url": "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/apps/files_external/userglobalstorages/4",
"message": "Undefined index: user at /var/www/nextcloudLatest/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Auth/Password/UserGlobalAuth.php#55",
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:70.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/70.0",
"version": "17.0.1.1"
}
{
"reqId": "i9aJHt3OkFpI1ILuyEU8",
"level": 3,
"time": "December 02, 2019 21:23:17",
"remoteAddr": "####################",
"user": "####################",
"app": "PHP",
"method": "PUT",
"url": "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/apps/files_external/userglobalstorages/4",
"message": "Undefined index: password at /var/www/nextcloudLatest/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Auth/Password/UserGlobalAuth.php#56",
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:70.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/70.0",
"version": "17.0.1.1"
}

Server configuration

Operating system: Linux 4.15.0-69-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 6 11:30:24 UTC 2019 x86_64

Webserver: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) (apache2handler)

Database: mysql 10.4.10

PHP version: 7.3.12-1+ubuntu18.04.1+deb.sury.org+1

Modules loaded: Core, date, libxml, openssl, pcre, zlib, filter, hash, Reflection, SPL, sodium, session, standard, apache2handler, mysqlnd, PDO, xml, apcu, calendar, ctype, curl, dom, mbstring, fileinfo, ftp, gd, gettext, iconv, igbinary, imagick, intl, json, ldap, exif, mysqli, pdo_mysql, apc, posix, readline, redis, shmop, SimpleXML, smbclient, sockets, sysvmsg, sysvsem, sysvshm, tokenizer, wddx, xmlreader, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, Phar, inotify, libsmbclient, Zend OPcache

Nextcloud version: 17.0.1 - 17.0.1.1

files_external: 1.8.0

Side notes

1. SMB/CIFS tested after applying https://github.com/nextcloud/server/pull/17873/files
2. happens also when connecting other types (e.g. Nextcloud) - but all throw different logs

[icewind1991]

can't reproduce with either nc17 or master

[wiswedel]

I still can - even with master. I also get prompted for credentials once I try entering the folder from the files list.
CC @nextcloud/server-triage can anyone else try to reproduce this please?

[rullzer]

Nope seems to work for me as well with a webdav mount...

[blizzz]

works for me too on master, with an Nextcloud storage configured.

[wiswedel]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the concept or I'm too stupid.
Here's what still happens for me on master:

not working with user entered global credentials:

however with normal global credentials, it's working:

[icewind1991]

try setting your global credentials under personal settings, not admin settings.

[wiswedel]

try setting your global credentials under personal settings, not admin settings.

see 1st video, I did that

[blizzz]

in the first vid, instead i went to files directly and clicked on that storage. entering them there i did work. i ignored the personal settings tbh. Does it work for you if you go via Files, @wiswedel ?

[wiswedel]

Does it work for you if you go via Files, @wiswedel ?

That does work. But that's the "User entered, store in database" behavior (when it's admin-configured, but the user hasn't entered the credentials on their personal settings page), not Global Credentials, user entered.

[blizzz]

nope, i selected global credentials in the storage config, too. So, at least it should not be the case imho.

[wiswedel]

Wow, interesting new discovery. I'll open a follow-up issue because the whole case just got another source.
Short story: Global Credentials, user entered does work.