freebusy configuration, what is needed in kontact

[Gunnar Wrobel]

Richard Bos <ml at radoeka.nl> writes:

> Hi,
>
> a question about what needs to be configured in kontact to get freebusy working.  
>
> I was investigation today how the kolab's freebusy functionality works in combination
> with kontact / korganizer.  In short without additional configuration kolab is not queried
> for FreeBusy (FB) information, when a meeting is scheduled with participants.
> I'm wondering as this works as expected / designed?  I would expect that _no_ additional
> configuration is needed in kontact to obtain FB information, if kontact has been
> configured with kolabwizard....
>
> What I did:
> - With a small script I verified that the freebusy functionality on kolab worked.  I did
>  that by basically running the following commands:
>  curl -k https://${_LOGIN_USER}${_PASSWORD}@$SERVER/freebusy/FB
>
> where FB has the following values:
> $FB_USER.ifb
> $FB_USER.xfb
> trigger/$FB_USER/Calendar.pfb
> $FB_USER/Calendar.pfb
> trigger/$FB_USER/Calendar.xpfb
> $FB_USER/Calendar.xpfb
>
> In all cases kolab provides output, that looks valid.
>
> - Configure kontact for another user with kolabwizard.  No errors, all look fine.
> - Start kontact
> - Contact the (imap) server
> - Groupware folders are created
> - Schedule a meeting, and invite the person that has freebusy information
>   on kolab (the one checked with the commands listed above).
> - Go to the free busy tab in the event scheduler / window of korganizer (kontact)
>   Korganizer does not contact the kolab server.  Click on reload nothing
>   happens.  Why not???
> - Double click the participant, a small window pops up, that can be used
>   to configure FB information for that participant.
> - If I fill that window (actually 2 windows), kolab is queried for FB information.
>   The url that I used there is:
>   https://${_LOGIN_USER}${_PASSWORD}@$SERVER/freebusy/$FB_USER.ifb
>
> Is this the way it has been designed?  If not, why does korganizer (kontact) 
> not contact the kolab server automatically (AFAICS korganizer has all the
> information available to know where the FB data is located).  
>
> This is with kontact from openSUSE version 1.2.4 (enterprise 20070904.708012)
> and kolab from cvs, running natively on openSUSE.
>
> What behaviour should I expect from kontact / korganizer?

YOu should see the request from kontact in you apache server logs. I
think there are also some good hints on debugging the free/busy system
in the wiki. Did you check these?

Cheers,

Gunnar

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