User id conflict when importing from the command line

[prairietree]

Hello, I used occ to export a user from one NextCloud server. It took a long time but it seems to have finished successfully.

I got the file copied to the new system but am unable to import it. If I have the specified account it says user already exist and will not load. If I do not have the user account, it says account does not exist. At the one point it looks like there is a prompt but it just aborts without giving me a chance to answer it.

$ docker exec --user www-data nextcloud-app-1 php occ user:import -n --user=newuser /backup/old-user_2023-04-06_07-50-24.zip

 [ERROR] User <newuser> does not exist                                           

$ docker exec --user www-data nextcloud-app-1 php occ user:import -n --user=newuser /backup/old-user_2023-04-06_07-50-24.zip

 [WARNING] A user with this uid already exists!                                 

aborted.
$ docker exec --user www-data nextcloud-app-1 php occ user:import --user=newuser /backup/old-user_2023-04-06_07-50-24.zip

 [WARNING] A user with this uid already exists!                                 

 Do you really want to overwrite this user with the imported data? (yes/no) [no]:
 > aborted.
$

[come-nc]

If you want to import in a new user you must not pass the --user option. (that answers your first try, it says the user do not exists because you specify a user to overwrite but it does not exists)

[come-nc]

The second problem comes from docker I think, you run the command in non-interactive mode so you cannot answer the question.
Please try with «exec -it» instead.

[Pytal]

If you want to import in a new user you must not pass the --user option. (that answers your first try, it says the user do not exists because you specify a user to overwrite but it does not exists)

🙈 somehow thought it was already able to create a new user with a passed uid so tracking in #398

[prairietree]

Thanks for the replies. I ended up doing more of a manual move. Coping the files and running a files scan. I am happy with that and it was much faster (about an hour vs two+ days). It also kept different versions so that was nice.

If someone gets a chance to try the above suggestions, please let us know how it worked for you.

Thanks again everyone for your help.