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Disable Mandatory Password for Public Links

By default, OpenCloud requires a password for public shares. If you'd like to disable this requirement, follow the steps below.

Edit the .env File​

Open the environment configuration file located in your opencloud-compose directory:

nano opencloud-compose/.env

Add the following environment variables to configure password requirements for public links:

# Disable password requirement for all public links (read-only and writable)
OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD=false

# Optional: Enforce password only for writable public links
# Note: This setting only applies when OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD is set to false
OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_WRITEABLE_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD=true

Restart Docker Services​

After saving the file, shut down and restart the Docker containers to apply the changes:

docker compose down
docker compose up -d

Result​

  • OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD=false: The system no longer enforces a password when creating public share links (both read-only and writable).
  • OC_SHARING_PUBLIC_WRITEABLE_SHARE_MUST_HAVE_PASSWORD=true: If the first variable is set to false, this option allows you to still enforce passwords specifically for writable public shares while keeping read-only shares password-free.
note

This change applies globally to all public shares created after the restart.