how do groups work?

[Gunnar Wrobel]

Gunnar Wrobel <wrobel at pardus.de> writes:

> Adam Katz <kolab at khopis.com> writes:
>
>> Gunnar Wrobel wrote:
>>> Adam Katz <kolab at khopis.com> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Using kolab-webadmin, I can set permissions for a Shared Folder by
>>>> "UID/email/GID."  I'd like to set a folder to a group of users (GID),
>>>> but I can't seem to figure out what that means.  It's not a
>>>> distribution list ... how do I create a group of users for Kolab?
>>> 
>>> I think it should be a group (didn't check the code now). But from
>>> your request it looks like that is not working. 
>>
>>> Can you try to use cyradm to check the ACLs on the shared folder?
>>
>> Here's some ldapsearch and cyradm output
>> (I changed my dc to "d" since this email will be archived):
>>
>>
>> $ ldapsearch -x -W -D "cn=manager,cn=internal,dc=d,dc=com" \
>>     "member=cn=Adam Katz,dc=d,dc=com" cn
>> Enter LDAP Password:
>> # extended LDIF
>> #
>> # LDAPv3
>> # base <> with scope subtree
>> # filter: member=cn=Adam Katz,dc=d,dc=com
>> # requesting: cn
>> #
>>
>> # spam-police, d.com
>> dn: cn=spam-police,dc=d,dc=com
>> cn: spam-police
>>
>> # search result
>> search: 2
>> result: 0 Success
>>
>> # numResponses: 2
>> # numEntries: 1
>>
>> $ cyradm -u manager localhost
>> IMAP Password:localhost>
>> localhost> sam shared.spampolice at d.com spam-police at d.com lrswipda \
>>   spam-police lrswipda
>> localhost>
>>
>>
>> (I wasn't sure which to try, so I tried both.  I also tried just
>> spam-police at d.com.)  After this, I checked whether I could subscribe
>> in ThunderBird.  No dice.  Back to cyradm:
>>
>>
>> localhost> sam shared.spampolice at d.com adam at d.com lrswipda
>> localhost> lam shared.spampolice at d.com
>> spam-police at d.com lrswipda
>> spam-police lrswipda
>> adam at d.com lrswipda
>> localhost>
>>
>>
>> Thunderbird confirmed this works.  Groups are failing somewhere.  Any
>> time I use kolab-webadmin to modify the folder, permissions get wiped.
>>
>>>> (I'm using Debian Etch packages for kolab-webadmin 0.4.0-20060810-4
>>>> with kolabd 1.9.4-20060707.dfsg-2)
>>> 
>>> This might also be a specific bug of the Kolab2/Debian setup. 
>>
>> I hope not, that would make it harder to track down.
>
> Okay, tried this now on Kolab-2.2-RC1. The first steps look fine:
>
> 1) Create a distribution list named testgroup at example.com
>
> 2) Create a shared folder named test at example.com (results in the IMAP
>    folder shared.test at example.com) and enter the group email
>    "testgroup at example.com" with full access under the shared fodler
>    access rights.
>
> 3) Check the folder using cyradm:
>
>    example.com> lam shared.test at example.com
>    group:testgroup at example.com lrswipteda
>
>    ^ the prefix "group:" looks good.
>
> The only remaining problem: I don't see the folder when I use a member
> of that group. I'll have to check if this functionality is currently
> broken. But it looked as if you don't even get the "group:" prefix and
> that would be another problem.

https://www.intevation.de/roundup/kolab/issue2535

Cheers,

Gunnar
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gunnar
>
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