[Dovecot] need help with shared mailboxes

[alex]

On 09/08/2010 09:47 AM, alex wrote:
> On 09/07/2010 08:28 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 18:23 +0300, alex wrote:
>>> I have some problems with setting shared mailboxes . I use
>>> dovecot 1.2.11 with following namespaces :
>>>
>>> mail_location: maildir:~
>>
>> okay.
>>
>>> location: maildir:/home/sites/%d/mail/%%n/Maildir/
>>
>> For consistency this would also be clearer if it was:
>>
>> location = maildir:%%h
>>
>> Although, do you really have the Maildir/ path included in users'
>> home dirs? That's not right.
>> http://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home
>>
> I forgot to mention that I previously migrate from courier. I intend
> to solve this problem too. Any way from your posts I understand that
> the use of namespaces with separator like . is not a very good
> choice. I use to have prefix INBOX. and . separator for my private
> namespace.
>
> I manage to change the config and maintain the compatibility , so now
> my namespaces looks like this:
>
> namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes
> subscriptions: yes namespace: type: private separator: . prefix:
> INBOX. hidden: yes list: no subscriptions: yes namespace: type:
> shared separator: / prefix: shared/%%n/ location:
> maildir:/home/sites/%d/mail/%%n/Maildir:INDEX=~/shared/%%n list:
> children
>
>
>>> in the /home/sites/domain.tld/mail/user1/Maildir I have created a
>>> file dovecot-acl with :
>>
>> You should use IMAP's SETACL commands to change the ACLs. I can't
>> remember the details of how it works either.
>>
>>> Now , in TB under the user2 , if I check subscribe , under the
>>> shared, I have a INBOX folder that is always check but nothing
>>> else. From what I understand I suppose to see user1 folders and I
>>> think it is something wrong with my config (namespaces, paths).
>>
>> You shared only user1's INBOX to user2. User2 can't see anything
>> else without user1 sharing them. There's currently no way to set
>> "share all of user1's mailboxes to user2".
>>
>
> I understand the part with sharing every folder from the mailbox
> user1 so that user2 to see everything from user1 mailbox. Now seems
> to work with previously mention modifications but it is not perfect
> so I suppose that is still something wrong.
>
> Now user2 can see the inbox of user1, can read his emails...but:
>
> - in user2 inbox I have (in sq, but also in tb) : + shared - INBOX
> (don't now what represents, on click : ERROR: Could not complete
> request. Query: SELECT "shared//INBOX" Reason Given: Mailbox doesn't
> exist: INBOX) - INBOX (user1 inbox - OK)
>
> - on the first login of user2 , in /home/sites/domain.tld/mail/ , is
>  creating a orphan folder Maildir , and on select of a first "INBOX"
>  shared folder , in /home/sites/domain.tld/mail/ is creating a orphan
>  folder shared.
In logs I have :


Sep  8 11:41:57  dovecot: IMAP(user2 at domain.tld): acl: acl username
= user2 at domain.tld
Sep  8 11:41:57  dovecot: IMAP(user2 at domain.tld): acl: owner = 0
Sep  8 11:41:57  dovecot: IMAP(user2 at domain.tld): acl vfile: Global
ACL directory: (null)
Sep  8 11:41:57  dovecot: IMAP(user2 at domain.tld): Namespace
shared//: Permission lookup failed from /home/sites/domain.tld/mail//Maildir
Sep  8 11:41:57  dovecot: IMAP(user2 at domain.tld): Namespace
shared//: Using permissions from /home/sites/domain.tld/mail//Maildir:
mode=0700 gid=-1
Sep  8 11:41:57  dovecot: IMAP(user2 at domain.tld): acl vfile: file
/home/sites/domain.tld/mail//Maildir/dovecot-acl not found

it's missing %%n and this is how orphan folders gets created.
What is wrong?