Re: [Dovecot] Question about ACL/flags
Quoting Eric Jon Rostetter : But I can't figure out how to access it (either manuall via telnet as above, or from a client, etc). Never mind... Got it working now... a0 select "shared/myfolder" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 4 EXISTS * 4 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1251771676] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 5] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 1] a0 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. Will let you know when/if I hit the next stumbling block... -- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin This message is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Use this message at your own risk.
Re: [Dovecot] Question about ACL/flags
Quoting Timo Sirainen :
You can't have per-user seen flags with mbox currently. So create a
public namespace with a maildir location and set up dovecot-acl file in
a way that allows only some specific users access to it. So for example:
To refresh, I want a shared account, but my system was Dovecot 1.1 with
all mbox mailboxes. Well, this is what I've done so far:
1) Upgraded to dovecot 1.2 (just because I could, I guess)
2) Tried to setup private/public namespaces... Edited "dovecot -n" output:
# 1.2.4: /etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5.centos.plus x86_64 CentOS release 5.3 (Final)
[...]
mail_location:
mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/dovecot/indexes/
%u
[...]
mail_plugins(default): zlib acl
mail_plugins(imap): zlib acl
mail_plugins(pop3): zlib
[...]
namespace:
type: private
separator: /
inbox: yes
list: yes
subscriptions: yes
namespace:
type: public
separator: /
prefix: shared/
location:
maildir:/var/spool/mail/public:INDEX=/var/dovecot/indexes/public/%u
list: no
lda:
postmaster_address: postmas...@physics.utexas.edu
hostname: mail.ph.utexas.edu
log_path:
info_log_path:
syslog_facility: mail
auth default:
passdb:
driver: ldap
args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf
userdb:
driver: ldap
args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf
plugin:
acl: vfile
3) Created /var/spool/mail/public/.myfolder for the account to deliver to.
Created empty dovecot-shared file for it.
4) Created a .forward file in the account to run "deliver" which does in
fact deliver the account's email to the right maildir location.
5) Created /var/spool/mail/public/.myfolder/dovecot-acl which has something
like:
owner lrwstiekxa
user=me lrwstiekxa
user=you lrst
So, mail is delivered to this account correctly as a maildir mailbox.
But, I don't know how to read it, and/or configured something incorrectly.
It appears to be there, more or less:
a0 namespace
* NAMESPACE (("" "/")) NIL (("shared/" "/"))
a0 OK Namespace completed.
a0 list "" "shared/"
* LIST (\Noselect \HasNoChildren) "/" "shared/"
a0 OK List completed.
But I can't figure out how to access it (either manuall via telnet as above,
or from a client, etc).
So, how do I access it, and/or what did I do wrong?
While I've been doing email servers since the 1980's, this is my first
try at using IMAP namespaces and shared folders, and I'm just not getting
it... :(
--
Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin
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[Dovecot] Question about ACL/flags
Okay, I'm cruising the wiki, and it is at best confusing to me. Maybe someone on the list can help me out quickly? Here is what I have: dovecot 1.1.18, mbox format, currently no acl/namespace/etc. All works great. What I want to be able to do: Have an email account (or folder or mailbox) which can be accessed by several people (say 3) with per-user seen flags. That is, say 3 people all access the mail but each user has their own seen flag for the messages. This would hopefully be done with mbox still, if possible, but I'm willing to try a mixed mbox/maildir setup if required to accomplish the goal. Questions: 1) Can I do this with 1.1.18, or do I need to upgrade? 2) Do I need to set :CONTROL in mail_location, and if so, what should I set it to, and what does this control exactly (more precisely, does this info need to be HA or not, etc) Is this where the seen flag info will be stored (or is that in INDEXES)? 3) Can I do this with mbox only, or do I need maildir, or does it depend on dovecot version? 4) Any additional help you can give me... I basically understand the ideas behind it all, but from the wiki I'm confused exactly what I need to do, and what version I might need. (If the wiki example is for dovecot 1.2+, does that mean it won't work in 1.1, or just that it has to be done differently, etc). Any help (clearing up my obvious confusion) would be appreciated... Step by step directions would be even better! :) -- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin This message is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. Use this message at your own risk.
