[Bug]: nextcloud client failed to parse netrc

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Bug description

After upgrading to 3.14.0, nextcloud client commandline (nextcloudcmd) failed to parse netrc credential with -n option. As a result, nextcloud server prompt for credential.
On the other hand, using --user and --password options work.

Steps to reproduce

1. Create the file ~/.netrc as:

default
login admin
password mypassword

2. Run nextcloudcmd from bash.

nextcloudcmd -n --path /Documents /home/user/Nextcloud/Documents/ https://myserver.com

3. nextcloudcmd failed to parse netrc and prompt for credentials.

09-20 17:27:56:193 [ debug default ]	[ OCC::NetrcParser::parse ]:	error fetching value for "default\nlogin admin\npassword mypassword\n"
Please enter username:

Expected behavior

nextcloudcmd should parsed netrc.

Which files are affected by this bug

netrc

Operating system

Linux

Which version of the operating system you are running.

NixOS 24.11.20240919.c04d565 (Vicuna) x86_64

Package

Distro package manager

Nextcloud Server version

29.0.4

Nextcloud Desktop Client version

3.14.0

Is this bug present after an update or on a fresh install?

Fresh desktop client install

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

Are you using an external user-backend?

• Default internal user-backend
• LDAP/ Active Directory
• SSO - SAML
• Other

Nextcloud Server logs

No response

Additional info

No response

[freundhein]

Same here, on:

• Linux, Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
• package version including nextcloudcmd is nextcloud-client 3.14.0-20240916.085658.d8fcb9273-1.0~jammy1
• nextcloud server 29.0.6

I have evidence that it synced normally before the latest update of nextcloudcmd, i.e. before 2024-09-16

[pfassina]

I also had it working before, and now it is throwing an error.
I'm using a NixOS package.

Nextcloud version 3.14.0
Git revision d8fcb9273729c0e70f99d6f42ed7185c2bb69779
Using Qt 6.7.2, built against Qt 6.7.2
Using 'OpenSSL 3.0.14 4 Jun 2024'
Running on NixOS 24.11 (Vicuna), x86_64

[fatpat]

same here

Nextcloud version 3.14.1
Git revision 8b92fc33a289bf4fc7bc7cdd68d25a9ed1ae1782
Using Qt 6.7.2, built against Qt 6.7.2
Using 'OpenSSL 3.0.14 4 Jun 2024'
Running on Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS, x86_64

[tarastella]

Same here, running FreeBSD:

Nextcloud version 3.14.1daily
Git revision 8b92fc33a289bf4fc7bc7cdd68d25a9ed1ae1782
Using Qt 6.7.3, built against Qt 6.7.3
Using 'OpenSSL 3.0.13 30 Jan 2024'
Running on FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p5, x86_6

[ncartron]

I, too, have the same issue on FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p5, following a Nextcloud upgrade.

[Rudiberto]

Do we have yet a solution for this Problem? Since that day my backup is not working!
:-(

Machine is Linux Ubuntu 22.04 - Nextcloud 3.14.3-20241107.180900
Server version 29.08

[tarastella]

@Rudiberto as temporary workaround, I am using something like "nextcloudcmd -u user -p $(cat $passwordfile)".

[Rudiberto]

[@Rudiberto] as temporary workaround, I am using something like "nextcloudcmd -u user -p $(cat $passwordfile)".

Thank You, very much. I will test that.
I'm passing temporarily user and password inside my script. Guess it makes not that much difference to your solution.
Hopefully it will work again soon. It's never a good sign, when something so essential is not working properly.