Merge pull request #36428 from nextcloud/disable-db-user-create

add option to disable db user creation trough environment variable

lib/private/Setup/AbstractDatabase.php

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ abstract class AbstractDatabase {
 	protected $logger;
 	/** @var ISecureRandom */
 	protected $random;
+	/** @var bool */
+	protected $tryCreateDbUser;
 
 	public function __construct(IL10N $trans, SystemConfig $config, LoggerInterface $logger, ISecureRandom $random) {
 		$this->trans = $trans;
@@ -88,6 +90,10 @@ abstract class AbstractDatabase {
 		$dbPort = !empty($config['dbport']) ? $config['dbport'] : '';
 		$dbTablePrefix = isset($config['dbtableprefix']) ? $config['dbtableprefix'] : 'oc_';
 
+		$createUserConfig = $this->config->getValue("setup_create_db_user", true);
+		// accept `false` both as bool and string, since setting config values from env will result in a string
+		$this->tryCreateDbUser = $createUserConfig !== false && $createUserConfig !== "false";
+
 		$this->config->setValues([
 			'dbname' => $dbName,
 			'dbhost' => $dbHost,

lib/private/Setup/MySQL.php

@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ class MySQL extends AbstractDatabase {
 			$connection = $this->connect(['dbname' => null]);
 		}
 
-		$this->createSpecificUser($username, new ConnectionAdapter($connection));
+		if ($this->tryCreateDbUser) {
+			$this->createSpecificUser($username, new ConnectionAdapter($connection));
+		}
+
+		$this->config->setValues([
+			'dbuser' => $this->dbUser,
+			'dbpassword' => $this->dbPassword,
+		]);
 
 		//create the database
 		$this->createDatabase($connection);
@@ -147,8 +154,7 @@ class MySQL extends AbstractDatabase {
 			. $this->random->generate(2, ISecureRandom::CHAR_UPPER)
 			. $this->random->generate(2, ISecureRandom::CHAR_LOWER)
 			. $this->random->generate(2, ISecureRandom::CHAR_DIGITS)
-			. $this->random->generate(2, $saveSymbols)
-		;
+			. $this->random->generate(2, $saveSymbols);
 		$this->dbPassword = str_shuffle($password);
 
 		try {
@@ -196,10 +202,5 @@ class MySQL extends AbstractDatabase {
 			$this->dbUser = $rootUser;
 			$this->dbPassword = $rootPassword;
 		}
-
-		$this->config->setValues([
-			'dbuser' => $this->dbUser,
-			'dbpassword' => $this->dbPassword,
-		]);
 	}
 }

lib/private/Setup/PostgreSQL.php

@@ -45,42 +45,44 @@ class PostgreSQL extends AbstractDatabase {
 			$connection = $this->connect([
 				'dbname' => 'postgres'
 			]);
-			//check for roles creation rights in postgresql
-			$builder = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
-			$builder->automaticTablePrefix(false);
-			$query = $builder
-				->select('rolname')
-				->from('pg_roles')
-				->where($builder->expr()->eq('rolcreaterole', new Literal('TRUE')))
-				->andWhere($builder->expr()->eq('rolname', $builder->createNamedParameter($this->dbUser)));
-
-			try {
-				$result = $query->execute();
-				$canCreateRoles = $result->rowCount() > 0;
-			} catch (DatabaseException $e) {
-				$canCreateRoles = false;
-			}
-
-			if ($canCreateRoles) {
-				$connectionMainDatabase = $this->connect();
-				//use the admin login data for the new database user
-
-				//add prefix to the postgresql user name to prevent collisions
-				$this->dbUser = 'oc_' . strtolower($username);
-				//create a new password so we don't need to store the admin config in the config file
-				$this->dbPassword = \OC::$server->getSecureRandom()->generate(30, ISecureRandom::CHAR_ALPHANUMERIC);
-
-				$this->createDBUser($connection);
-
-				// Go to the main database and grant create on the public schema
-				// The code below is implemented to make installing possible with PostgreSQL version 15:
-				// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/15.0/
-				// From the release notes: For new databases having no need to defend against insider threats, granting CREATE permission will yield the behavior of prior releases
-				// Therefore we assume that the database is only used by one user/service which is Nextcloud
-				// Additional services should get installed in a separate database in order to stay secure
-				// Also see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/ddl-schemas.html#DDL-SCHEMAS-PATTERNS
-				$connectionMainDatabase->executeQuery('GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO ' . addslashes($this->dbUser));
-				$connectionMainDatabase->close();
+			if ($this->tryCreateDbUser) {
+				//check for roles creation rights in postgresql
+				$builder = $connection->getQueryBuilder();
+				$builder->automaticTablePrefix(false);
+				$query = $builder
+					->select('rolname')
+					->from('pg_roles')
+					->where($builder->expr()->eq('rolcreaterole', new Literal('TRUE')))
+					->andWhere($builder->expr()->eq('rolname', $builder->createNamedParameter($this->dbUser)));
+
+				try {
+					$result = $query->execute();
+					$canCreateRoles = $result->rowCount() > 0;
+				} catch (DatabaseException $e) {
+					$canCreateRoles = false;
+				}
+
+				if ($canCreateRoles) {
+					$connectionMainDatabase = $this->connect();
+					//use the admin login data for the new database user
+
+					//add prefix to the postgresql user name to prevent collisions
+					$this->dbUser = 'oc_' . strtolower($username);
+					//create a new password so we don't need to store the admin config in the config file
+					$this->dbPassword = \OC::$server->getSecureRandom()->generate(30, ISecureRandom::CHAR_ALPHANUMERIC);
+
+					$this->createDBUser($connection);
+
+					// Go to the main database and grant create on the public schema
+					// The code below is implemented to make installing possible with PostgreSQL version 15:
+					// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/15.0/
+					// From the release notes: For new databases having no need to defend against insider threats, granting CREATE permission will yield the behavior of prior releases
+					// Therefore we assume that the database is only used by one user/service which is Nextcloud
+					// Additional services should get installed in a separate database in order to stay secure
+					// Also see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/ddl-schemas.html#DDL-SCHEMAS-PATTERNS
+					$connectionMainDatabase->executeQuery('GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO ' . addslashes($this->dbUser));
+					$connectionMainDatabase->close();
+				}
 			}
 
 			$this->config->setValues([