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manual backport for #2078

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admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage/auth_mechanisms.rst
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The **Log-in credentials, save in session** mechanism uses the Nextcloud login
credentials of the user to connect to the storage. These are not stored anywhere
on the server, but rather in the user session, giving increased security. The
drawbacks are that sharing is disabled when this mechanism is in use, as
Nextcloud has no access to the storage credentials, and background file scanning
does not work.
on the server, but rather in the user session, giving increased security.
This method has some important drawbacks, since Nextcloud has no access to the storage
credentials and therefore cannot perform any background tasks on the storage:
* Sharing is disabled
* Background file scanning does not work
* Desktop and mobile clients that use tokens to authenticate can not access those shares
* Other services that might request the file through a different request like Collabora Online or OnlyOffice will not be able to open files from that storage
* The method cannot be used with SAML authentication, because Nextcloud does not get a hold of any credentials whatsoever
The **Log-in credentials, save in database** mechanism uses the Nextcloud login
credentials of the user to connect to the storage. These are stored in the