Owncloud – File is locked – how to unlock
Here is the only solution that I found it working on how to solve the permission and locking file problem with owncloud
You can’t access files because they are locked and you find such errors in your logfile:
{"reqId":"0DijSqEkfOg2iyh9VD8J","remoteAddr":"xx.xx.xx.xx","app":"webdav","message":"Exception: {\"Message\":\"HTTP\\\/1.1 423 \\\"path\\\/file.extension\\\" is locked\",\"Exception\":\"OCA\\\\DAV\\\\Connector\\\\Sabre\\\\Exception\\\\FileLocked\",\"Code\":0,\"Trace\":\"#0
If you’re running the ownCloud 8.2.x branch make sure that you’re using at least 8.2.2 (previous versions had a bug causing this issue).
Manually disable locking state:
- put ownCloud in maintenance mode: edit
config/config.phpand change this line:
'maintenance' => true, - Empty table
oc_file_locks: Use tools such as phpmyadmin or connect directly to your database and run:
DELETE FROM oc_file_locks WHERE 1 - disable maintenance mode (undo first step).
Automatically reset locking state:
Normally ownCloud should reset the locked state on its own via background jobs. So make sure your cron-jobs run properly (you admin page tells you when cron ran the last time): https://doc.owncloud.org/server/9.0/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.html2.2k
Permanent solution (if it happens regularly)
- on your own server: Use redis for this feature. It is faster and so far no problems have been reported. You can follow the instructions for memory-caching in the docs: https://doc.owncloud.org/server/9.0/admin_manual/configuration_server/caching_configuration.html#id41.7k
- Shared hosting (others who can’t install redis): You can disable the file locking, edit your configuration file
config/config.php:
'filelocking.enabled' => false, - Disabling is no solution. If you really need a real solution, please report this error to the bugtracker (https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues93). Or join the existing discussion (if the error matches): https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/20380215
surce: https://central.owncloud.org/t/file-is-locked-how-to-unlock/985
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