Groups for shared folders

[Alex]

Hi Bernhard,

Thanks so much for the assistance, though I'm still getting stuck.

I've:

1) Gone to distribution lists and create new list:

List name: staff-group at mydomain.com
Members: alex.kent at mydomain.com
Hidden: unchecked

2) Created a shared folder:

Folder name: staff-shared at mydomain.com
Folder type: mails
Permission for UID/email/GID: "group:staff-group at mydomain.com" 
Permission='all'

This generates the error:

"No UID or GID group:staff-group at mydomain.com"

It does accept the UID if I drop "group:" eg:

Permission for UID/email/GID: "staff-group at mydomain.com" Permission='all'

But this doesn't seem to give me "alex.kent at mydomain.com" access to the 
folder.

Am I getting closer?

Best wishes,

Alex Kent




>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> Re: Groups for shared folders
> From:
> Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at intevation.de>
> Date:
> Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:32:56 +0100
> To:
> kolab-users at kolab.org
>
> To:
> kolab-users at kolab.org
>
>
> On Sonntag, 11. Januar 2009, Alex wrote:
>   
>> I'm loving kolab, but need a few pointers giving a group of users access
>> to a shared folder. I can at the moment give access to everyone, nobody
>> or a specific person.
>>     
>
> You can use server distribution lists.
> (Use the Webadmin for your Kolab Server go to "distribution list",
> add one with all your users and then use "group:YOURLISTNAME"
> as UID to give rights to for the folder.
>
>   
>> Having searched kolab-users, I've seen a post which seemed to indicate
>> the following:
>>
>> 1) Create a new user of account type 'Group Account'
>>
>> 2) Add users to this group account by adding their UID to the
>> 'Email-Delegates' field of the group account.
>>     
>
> Email-Delegates _only_ is about who can use the From: adress
> for the Account in question. So this does not help.
>
>   
>> 3) Create a shared folder, giving the group accounts UID 'post'
>> permissions.
>>     
>
> Post is about incoming emails, so wrong tree. :)
>
>   
>> My Mozilla Thunderbird client does not see the new shared folder.
>> Am I on the right lines here?
>>     
>
> You were'nt. ;)
>
>
>