[Bug]: Can't save global credentials in external storage

[Bevito]

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• This is a bug, not a question or a configuration/webserver/proxy issue.
• This issue is not already reported on Github OR Nextcloud Community Forum (I've searched it).
• Nextcloud Server is up to date. See Maintenance and Release Schedule for supported versions.
• I agree to follow Nextcloud's Code of Conduct.

Bug description

Hi,
We're using external storages (i.e. samba storages mounted automatically), and, I believe, since Nextcloud 30.0.2, we can't update our password in Global credentials area.
When we tried to input a password ( the right password or everything else ), when we click on "Save", there is an error in the browser console :

Uncaught (in promise) ReferenceError: $form is not defined
    _submitCredentials settings.js:1492
    <anonymous> settings.js:1515
    promise callback*requirePasswordConfirmation password-confirmation.js:24
    <anonymous> settings.js:1515
    jQuery 8
    <anonymous> settings.js:1509
    EventListener.handleEvent* settings.js:1440
    <anonymous> settings.js:1551

If i authorize users to mount and configure there mounts themself, the mount is working (the username and password define for each mount is correctly read an saved by Nextcloud)

The global credentials username and password was working with Nextcloud 30.0.1

If you need any others informations, please let me know.

Thanks a lot.

Steps to reproduce

1. Connect to Nextcloud
2. Go to your personal settings
3. Go to External storage
4. Modify your password in the section "Global credentials"

Expected behavior

The password should be updated in Nexcloud global credentials.

Nextcloud Server version

30

Operating system

Debian/Ubuntu

PHP engine version

PHP 8.2

Web server

Apache (supported)

Database engine version

MariaDB

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

Updated from a MINOR version (ex. 28.0.1 to 28.0.2)

Are you using the Nextcloud Server Encryption module?

Encryption is Disabled

What user-backends are you using?

• Default user-backend (database)
• LDAP/ Active Directory
• SSO - SAML
• Other

Configuration report

{
    "system": {
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "version": "30.0.2.2",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "ldapIgnoreNamingRules": false,
        "maxZipInputSize": 1073741824,
        "allowZipDownload": true,
        "theme": "",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "https:\/\/cloud.iut-orsay.fr",
        "htaccess.RewriteBase": "\/",
        "maintenance": false,
        "maintenance_window_start": 2,
        "default_language": "fr",
        "default_phone_region": "FR",
        "defaultapp": "files,dashboard",
        "log_type": "owncloud",
        "logfile": "\/var\/log\/nextcloud\/nextcloud.log",
        "loglevel": 0,
        "enable_previews": false,
        "trusted_domains": [
            "cloud.iut-orsay.fr"
        ],
        "mail_smtpmode": "smtp",
        "mail_smtpauthtype": "PLAIN",
        "mail_smtphost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_smtpport": "25",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trashbin_retention_obligation": "auto",
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
        "memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": 6379,
            "dbindex": 0,
            "timeout": 0
        },
        "onlyoffice": {
            "jwt_secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "jwt_header": "AuthorizationJwt"
        },
        "mail_from_address": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "mail_domain": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "ldapProviderFactory": "\\OCA\\User_LDAP\\LDAPProviderFactory",
        "ldapUserCleanupInterval": "60",
        "updater.release.channel": "stable",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "mail_sendmailmode": "smtp",
        "app_install_overwrite": [
            "printer"
        ]
    }
}

List of activated Apps

Enabled:
  - activity: 3.0.0
  - admin_audit: 1.20.0
  - announcementcenter: 7.0.1
  - app_api: 4.0.0
  - bruteforcesettings: 3.0.0
  - circles: 30.0.0
  - cloud_federation_api: 1.13.0
  - comments: 1.20.1
  - contactsinteraction: 1.11.0
  - dashboard: 7.10.0
  - dav: 1.31.1
  - drawio: 3.0.3
  - federatedfilesharing: 1.20.0
  - federation: 1.20.0
  - files: 2.2.0
  - files_downloadlimit: 3.0.0
  - files_external: 1.22.0
  - files_pdfviewer: 3.0.0
  - files_reminders: 1.3.0
  - files_sharing: 1.22.0
  - files_trashbin: 1.20.1
  - files_versions: 1.23.0
  - firstrunwizard: 3.0.0
  - groupfolders: 18.0.5
  - lookup_server_connector: 1.18.0
  - nextcloud_announcements: 2.0.0
  - notifications: 3.0.0
  - oauth2: 1.18.1
  - onlyoffice: 9.5.0
  - password_policy: 2.0.0
  - photos: 3.0.2
  - privacy: 2.0.0
  - provisioning_api: 1.20.0
  - recommendations: 3.0.0
  - related_resources: 1.5.0
  - serverinfo: 2.0.0
  - settings: 1.13.0
  - sharebymail: 1.20.0
  - support: 2.0.0
  - survey_client: 2.0.0
  - suspicious_login: 8.0.0
  - systemtags: 1.20.0
  - tasks: 0.16.1
  - text: 4.1.0
  - theming: 2.5.0
  - twofactor_backupcodes: 1.19.0
  - twofactor_totp: 12.0.0-dev
  - updatenotification: 1.20.0
  - user_ldap: 1.21.0
  - user_status: 1.10.0
  - viewer: 3.0.0
  - weather_status: 1.10.0
  - webhook_listeners: 1.1.0-dev
  - workflowengine: 2.12.0
Disabled:
  - encryption: 2.18.0
  - logreader: 3.0.0 (installed 2.14.0)
  - twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 4.0.0

Nextcloud Signing status

No errors have been found.

Nextcloud Logs

Additional info

This was tested with Firefox RR and ESR 128 on Linux and Windows.

[a-lys]

Seems to be broken since commit 3b6a36fae605add2aacfde7d1b023d9313087590

As a temporary solution, I have changed two lines in apps/files_external/js/settings.js to pass the $form variable to the _submitCredentials function:

Line 1519:
.requirePasswordConfirmation(() => _submitCredentials($form, function() {
Line 1495:
function _submitCredentials($form, success) {

[Bevito]

Hi a-lys, thank you very much for this temporary solution.
I just tested it : it works like a charm.

[solracsf]

Cc @yemkareems