Problem with Free/Busy in Kontact HEAD with Kolab 1

Tue Sep 21 13:07:36 CEST 2004

On Tuesday 21 September 2004 11:57, Andreas Gungl wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 21. September 2004 11:49 schrieb Bo Thorsen:
> > Jeopardy quoting, sorry.
> >
> > Andreas, you are hit by the check in KOrganizer that makes sure you
> > can only download free/busy lists from a server that matches the
> > domain of the email address you have. In this case, you try to
> > download the fb list of gungl at osp-dd.de from dre.osp-dd.de, and the
> > domains doesn't match.
>
> I'm not sure I understand correctly. For my understanding, osp-dd.de is
> the domain while dre.osp-dd.de is the host providing the Kolab
> server/services for domain osp-dd.de. I thought, the guess of machine
> dre being part of domain osp-dd.de is valid.

The code the patch uncomments makes a string comparison of the email 
domain with the server domain. And "osp-dd.de != dre.osp.dd.de". That's 
why it fails. The test could be patched up by checking with:

if(email == domain || email.endswith(domain) || domain.endsWith(email))

That would make a bit more sense, but the more general problem remains.

> Nevertheless, I think you know better than me what we're talking about.
> Andreas

Dangerous assumption :-)

Bo.

> > I have tried getting the attached patch into kdepim, but so far
> > unsuccesful. It just disables the check, so you try and download all
> > freebusy from the server.
> >
> > Pim people: You receive this mail, because as you can now see, the
> > current behaviour hurts some users. We need a solution for it.
> > Proposed solutions:
> >
> > - whitelisting domains
> > - make a protocol so the server can tell what domains it can server
> > - make a checkbox to perform the check that the patch removes or not
> >
> > The catch-all fix could be to have a checkbox to just always try and
> > download fb lists from the server, and if this is not checked, a
> > whitelist of domains the server can give can be used.
> >
> > Of course, an FB list setting in a contact should always override
> > this.
> >
> > Bo.
> >
> > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 10:33, Andreas Gungl wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag, 21. September 2004 09:29 schrieb Bo Thorsen:
> > > > On Tuesday 21 September 2004 09:08, Andreas Gungl wrote:
> > > > > I'm doing some tests to prepare a switch from Kolab 1 to Kolab
> > > > > 2 and to introduce Kontact as complete Kolab client.
> > > > > However I have problems with handling the free/busy
> > > > > information. Uploading the files works fine and I can see the
> > > > > files on the server using Konqueror and the webdav protocoll. I
> > > > > can follow the uploading of the files as well in the Apache
> > > > > access log on the Kolab server.
> > > > >
> > > > > However downloading free/busy information doesn't work. I can
> > > > > download files using Konqueror, but KOrganizer gives me the
> > > > > following output:
> > > > >
> > > > > ----------------------------------------
> > > > > korganizer: KOEditorFreeBusy::reload()
> > > > > korganizer: FreeBusyManager::retrieveFreeBusy():
> > > > > gungl at osp-dd.de kabc: StdAddressBook::self()
> > > > > korganizer: FreeBusyManager::loadFreeBusy(): gungl at osp-dd.de
> > > > > korganizer:
> > > > > FreeBusyManager::loadFreeBusy()
> > > > > /home/domino/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/freebusy/gungl at osp-dd.d
> > > > >e.if b doesn't exist.
> > > > > korganizer: FreeBusyManager::retrieveFreeBusy(): url:
> > > > > korganizer: Invalid FB URL
> > > > > ----------------------------------------
> > > > >
> > > > > I have configured the sane protocoll, server and user for
> > > > > retrieving the free/busy information as for publishing. I have
> > > > > tested with checked and unchecked option "use full email
> > > > > address for retrieval".
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone give a comment on what might be wrong? BTW, I'm
> > > > > using a kde-pim CVS snapshot from yesterday.
> > > >
> > > > What is the server domain? What did you put in the lineedits of
> > > > the freebusy setup? Do you have an FB setting on this person in
> > > > the kaddressbook entry or in the FB location setup of korganizer?
> > > > And what URL do you use for accessing the FB list with konqueror?
> > >
> > > Here we go:
> > >
> > > On the publishing side:
> > >
> > > General = Publish is checked, publish 60 days and min. 5 min
> > > between uploads Server URL =
> > > webdav://dre.osp-dd.de/freebusy/gungl%40osp-dd.de.ifb Username =
> > > gungl at osp-dd.de
> > > PW = **** ;-)
> > >
> > > On the retrieving side:
> > >
> > > General = "Retrieve others ... automatically " is checked, "use
> > > full ..." doesn't matter if checked or not
> > > Server URL = webdav://dre.osp-dd.de/freebusy/
> > > Username = mustermann at osp-dd.de
> > > PW = **** ;-)
> > >
> > > In Konqueror:
> > >
> > > URL = webdav://dre.osp-dd.de/freebusy/
> > > Files showing up = gungl at osp-dd.de.ifb mustermann at osp-dd.de.ifb
> > > Both files are readable from within Konqueror, I can even modify
> > > them by opening them in KWrite.
> > >
> > > I don't know about another location setting in KOrganizer than the
> > > fields mentioned above, sorry.
> > > Important: the person gungl at osp-dd.de is _not_ in the addressbook,
> > > so it doesn't have a FB URL set there. LDAP access however is
> > > configured, i.e. I can see the person from within KMail and
> > > KOrganizer.
> > >
> > > > The problem is that somehow the code decides to check locally
> > > > instead of on the server, as you can see from the filename it
> > > > tries to get. The question is, of course, why it would think this
> > > > is the right place.
> > > >
> > > > Best guess: You have a different server domain than the email
> > > > address you are trying to obtain the ifb file for.
> > >
> > > Further observations I did after stumbling across your hint
> > > regarding the FB setting in the addressbook, are:
> > >
> > > - Having the user in the addressbook without FB setting changes
> > > nothing. I.e. the FB download fails.
> > >
> > > - Having the user in the addressbook _with_ FB setting allows the
> > > retrieval of the FB file. (I used
> > > webdav://dre.osp-dd.de/freebusy/gungl%40osp-dd.de.ifb for my
> > > example above.)
> > >
> > > - Collecting an address from LDAP into my addressbook seems to
> > > provide the FB URL only for people which do have FB information
> > > uploaded. I write "seems" because I cannot really verify this. At
> > > least it works this way here.
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, let me finally summarize my expectations how it should work:
> > > - FB retrieval should work without FB setting in the addressbook by
> > > using the default URL set in KOrganizer.
> > > - FB settings in LDAP actually shouldn't be made automatically but
> > > only intentionally in the frontend. Only this way one can be sure
> > > to have consistent information when copying contacts from LDAP into
> > > the addressbook. This would also avoid unintended overriding of the
> > > default URL in KOrganizer by using any other LDAP server.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andreas
> > >
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     Bo Thorsen                 |   Praestevejen 4
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