# Nextcloud upgrade fails -- db permissions? 33.0.4 to 34.0.1

**URL:** <https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573>\
**Category:** Support apps\
**Tags:** nextcloud, upgrade, install, english\
**Created:** [July 5, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573 "2026-07-05T21:47:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![wraidd](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/wraidd/32/7084_2.png) [@wraidd](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/wraidd)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573/1 "2026-07-05T21:47:13Z")

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**What app is this about, and its version** : Nextcloud 33.0.4~ynh1  
**What YunoHost version are you running** : 12.1.40.1  
**What type of hardware are you using** : VPS bought online

### Describe your issue

After [previous upgrade failure](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/apt-broken-after-failed-upgrade/42570/6), Nextcloud appears to be successfully restored. However! Attempting to upgrade again runs into the issue shown below.

Full upgrade log: [https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/ocahazarot](https://paste.yunohost.org/raw/ocahazarot)

Nextcloud 33 is still usable but I’ll probably want to update at some point. How fix? Thanks!

### Share relevant logs or error messages

2026-07-05 21:31:31,516: DEBUG - Doctrine\DBAL\Exception: Failed to connect to the database: An exception occurred in the driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user ‘'‘nextcloud’'’@‘'‘localhost’'’ (using password: YES) in /var/www/nextcloud/lib/private/DB/Connection.php:238

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**Author:** ![otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/otm33/32/11941_2.png) [@otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/otm33)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573/2 "2026-07-05T22:20:28Z")

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Can you run `sudo mysql -e “SELECT Host, User FROM mysql.user;”` and share the output ?

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**Author:** ![wraidd](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/wraidd/32/7084_2.png) [@wraidd](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/wraidd)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573/3 "2026-07-06T00:49:49Z")

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> [@otm33](#):
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> mysql -e “SELECT Host, User FROM mysql.user;”

```auto
+-----------+--------------+
| Host | User |
+-----------+--------------+
| localhost | mariadb.sys |
| localhost | mysql |
| localhost | nextcloud |
| localhost | root |
+-----------+--------------+

```

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**Author:** ![otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/otm33/32/11941_2.png) [@otm33](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/otm33)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573/4 "2026-07-06T09:23:25Z")

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Check if `dbpassword` in `/var/www/nextcloud/config/config.php` is the same as `db_pwd` in `/etc/yunohost/apps/nextcloud/settings.yml`

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**Author:** ![wraidd](https://forum.yunohost.org/user_avatar/forum.yunohost.org/wraidd/32/7084_2.png) [@wraidd](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/wraidd)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573/5 "2026-07-06T13:27:28Z")

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They are the same

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.yunohost.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f59fe8e3ee6b100b4f574d30d6e30479c68b89f0.png) [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/nextcloud-upgrade-fails-db-permissions-33-0-4-to-34-0-1/42573/6 "2026-07-21T13:27:43Z")

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Closed on July 21, 2026, 1:27pm UTC

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