diff --git a/api/src/Vfs.php b/api/src/Vfs.php
index 4397ca03e7..2d1e21bdff 100644
--- a/api/src/Vfs.php
+++ b/api/src/Vfs.php
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ class Vfs extends Vfs\Base
 	 * - hidden => {true|false(default)} include hidden files (name starts with a '.' or is Thumbs.db)
 	 * - show-deleted => {true|false(default)} get also set by hidden, if not explicitly set otherwise (requires versioning!)
 	 * </code>
-	 * @param string|array/true $exec =null function to call with each found file/dir as first param and stat array as last param or
+	 * @param string|array|true $exec =null function to call with each found file/dir as first param and stat array as last param or
 	 * 	true to return file => stat pairs
 	 * @param array $exec_params =null further params for exec as array, path is always the first param and stat the last!
 	 * @return array of pathes if no $exec, otherwise path => stat pairs
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ class Vfs extends Vfs\Base
 			return $ret;
 		}
 
-		if (!isset($vfs)) $vfs = new Vfs\StreamWrapper();
+		if (!isset($vfs)) $vfs = new Vfs\StreamWrapper($path);
 		return $vfs->check_access($path, $check, $stat);
 	}
 
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ class Vfs extends Vfs\Base
 	 */
 	static function resolve_url_symlinks($_path,$file_exists=true,$resolve_last_symlink=true,&$stat=null)
 	{
-		$vfs = new Vfs\StreamWrapper();
+		$vfs = new Vfs\StreamWrapper($_path);
 		return $vfs->resolve_url_symlinks($_path, $file_exists, $resolve_last_symlink, $stat);
 	}
 
diff --git a/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php b/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php
index 3a44c94ef6..8c749a6da4 100644
--- a/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php
+++ b/api/src/Vfs/UserContextTrait.php
@@ -209,6 +209,28 @@ trait UserContextTrait
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get user context for given url, eg. to use with regular stream functions
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url
+	 * @param array $extra =[] addtional context options
+	 * @return resource context with user, plus optional extra options
+	 */
+	public static function userContext($url, array $extra=[])
+	{
+		if (($user = Vfs::parse_url($url, PHP_URL_USER)) &&
+			($account_id = Api\Accounts::getInstance()->name2id($user)) &&
+			($account_id != Vfs::$user) || $extra)	// never set extra options on default context!
+		{
+			$context = stream_context_create(array_merge_recursive([Vfs::SCHEME => ['user' => (int)$account_id ?: Vfs::$user]], $extra));
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$context = stream_context_get_default();
+		}
+		return $context;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param string $name
 	 * @return bool