Self-Destruct (lifetime modifier)

[fongaboo]

I set my upload/ and download/ folders to lifetime: 1 for testing. But the file never disappears.

Config snippet:

[/upload]
  # [/inc]
  #   /opt/copyparty/incoming
  #   accs:
  #     w: u1   # u1 can upload but not see/download any files,
  #     rm: u2  # u2 can browse + move files out of this volume
  /mnt/smb/clearinghouse/files/upload
  accs:
    w: *  # anonymous upload
    rwmd: @capra
    rwmda: admin
  flags:
    lifetime: 1

[/download]
  # [/i]
  #   /opt/copyparty/ss

  /mnt/smb/clearinghouse/files/download
  accs:
    rwmd: @capra  # u1 can read-write,
    g: *    # everyone can access files if they know the URL
    rwmda: admin
  flags:
    lifetime: 1
    fk: 4   # each file URL will have a 4-character password

Running on Ubuntu 24.04.

# ./copyparty-sfx.py --version

[SFX]    this is: copyparty 1.20.10
[SFX]  packed at: 2026-02-25, 15:34:30 UTC, 1772033670
[SFX] archive is: /opt/copyparty/copyparty-sfx.py
[SFX] python bin: /usr/bin/python3
[SFX] python ver: CPython 3.12.3 (main, Jan 22 2026, 20:57:42) [GCC 13.3.0]

[SFX] found early
[SFX] jinja2: 3.1.2
[SFX] pyftpd: bundled
[SFX] sfxdir: /tmp/pe-copyparty.0.692602.0

copyparty v1.20.10 "sftp is fine too" (2026-02-25)
  CPython v3.12.3 on Linux64  [GCC 13.3.0]
   sqlite 3.45.1*1 | jinja 3.1.2 | pyftpd 1.5.10 | tftp 0.4.0 | miko (None)

/mnt/smb/clearinghouse/files is a mount for an SMB share on my NAS, if that makes a difference. But admin (in copyparty) is able to manually delete files in those two directories.

[9001]

you left out your global options, and the rest of the log that appeared during copyparty startup

[fongaboo]

Here you go...

[global]
##  e2dsa, e2ts, dedup, z, xvol
  dedup, z, xvol
  ah-alg: argon2

(I have the database building disabled while I get config worked out)

But I just noticed this in the log...

02:50:20.962 auth                  CRIT: cannot enable [lifetime] for volume "/upload" because this requires one of the following: e2d / e2ds / e2dsa  (either as volflag or global-option)
02:50:20.963 auth                  CRIT: cannot enable [lifetime] for volume "/download" because this requires one of the following: e2d / e2ds / e2dsa  (either as volflag or global-option)

but i'm in a rock and a hard place (for now) because once I put those back, when I try to upload, I get:

server rejected the request to initiate upload; retrying...

file: signal-2025-11-11-123009.jpeg

error 503:
cannot receive uploads right now;
server busy with indexing.
Please wait; the client will retry...
URL: upload

Is there another way to hold off on indexing other than commenting out e2dsa and e2ts?

[9001]

self-destruct is impossible without e2d, but as the message says, only e2d is absolutely necessary; you don't need e2ds or e2dsa (indexing).