You could try code-server? I use it daily to edit my markdown files.

https://github.com/coder/code-server

Thanks, I went with the suggested webdav route, this is fine for now.

I hadn't thought of the database issue, thanks! I am afraid though that changing the ownership of the folder might break things though? Love the --reference option by the way

Thanks for the explanation. Would that break nextcloud if i changed the owner of the folder?

That may well be a better idea, thanks. But one of the things i would like to do, besides view the contents of the folder, is rsync the directory to another storage, which brings up the permissions issue again