[Dovecot] ACL in sub-folders (take two)

Charles Marcus CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com
Mon Jul 21 17:05:58 EEST 2008


>> I've set up some shared folders and I'm controlling the access to them with 
>> the ACL plugin. As far as I know, ACL rules are not applied to sub-folders, 
>> right?
>> 
>> Does exists any way to implement it using some dovecot feature? Or must I find 
>> my way? Just to be sure :)

> Nothing I can think of..
> 
> I did wonder about the ability to copy the parent mailbox's dovecot-acl
> file automatically when creating a new mailbox under it. But it doesn't
> currently do it, and I'm not sure if it should.

Ideally, I guess this could be admin-definable on a per shared folder 
basis in the dovecot-acl file, ie, something like:

inherit_acls = yes

But I have no idea how hard that would be...

-- 

Best regards,

Charles


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