Bug 915770

Summary:	www-apps/nextcloud: occ lacks executable bit
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Dennis Lamm <expeditioneer>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Bernard Cafarelli <voyageur>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	bertrand, flow, gentoo, voyageur
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Dennis Lamm gentoo-dev

2023-10-14 17:08:46 UTC

The 'occ' command line tool lacks execution bit-

The command can be found here /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/%version%/htdocs/occ.

To discussion:
Maybe a symlink (with version?) can be provided in /usr/bin 

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
occ command can not be executed

Expected Results:  
occ command can be executed

Comment 1 Florian Schmaus gentoo-dev

2024-08-22 17:21:02 UTC

I am skeptical that making the occ script executable is the right thing to do, as it should be often run as the user under which nextcloud runs, for example 'apache' or 'nginx'. Otherwise you may end up with the wrong file permissions as a result of occ operating on the filesystem.

Furthermore, making it a symlink in /usr/bin is not feasible as long as nextcloud is slotted. And this alone is no reason to unslot nextcloud.

@voyageur what is your stance on this?

Comment 2 Bernard Cafarelli gentoo-dev

2024-08-24 08:29:55 UTC

Indeed, the script should be run as correct user (system dependant), also global symlinks would also be complicated to handle, in case you have multiple versions installed (for testing etc).

And for the script itself, IIRC I just left the executable bit out as upstream does not set it, also recommending in their doc to use "sudo -u $user $php_version $path_to_occ":
https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_server/occ_command.html#http-user-label