[Dovecot] need help with shared mailboxes

[alex]

On 09/08/2010 11:49 AM, alex wrote:
> 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?

Nobody have the same problem?

Thanks
Alex