sharing INBOX with ACL -> share all folders

Marco Giunta giunta at sissa.it
Tue Jul 28 15:02:10 UTC 2015


Hi Chris,
fortunately I've solved the problem with INBOX sharing: there is a bug 
with option 'acl_defaults_from_inbox'. When you define it with ANY value 
('yes', 'no', 'whatyouwant', 'xxx') it acts like the value is ALWAYS 
'yes', the only way to disable it, is comment it or delete from 
configuration file.

 >  My Maildir directories and files are all owned by the UNIX user that 
owns the file.

to avoid problems with acl, mailbox sharing and so on, I've changed my 
configuration from different UNIX users to a single virtual user some 
years ago

 > Is having it all running as one [UNIX] user a typical configuration 
for dovecot2?  Or just typical of installations using ACLs?

I don't know if is typical or not, but it is very simple, and till now I 
didn't seen any particular problem

My configuration is attached in the first email; if you need some 
explanation, let me know.

   Marco



On 2015-07-28 16:38, Chris Ross wrote:
>
>> On Jul 28, 2015, at 05:13, Marco Giunta <giunta at sissa.it> wrote:
>>
>> Hi at all,
>> I have a problem with ACL; I want to share INBOX and Sent folder to an other user, but when I configure ACL on INBOX, all folders are shared (Sent, Junk, Draft, Trash, etc)
>
>    Hello, Marco.  Unfortunately I don’t know why you are seeing the behavior you are, and hope that someone else will be able to help.
>
>    However, you seem to have accomplished something I’m wanting to do, and have as yet been unable to get working.  I have a Users INBOX that I want to share to other users, but something is wrong with the way I’ve configured ACLs and sharing.
>
>    Perhaps we could discuss off-list more of what your configuration looks like, and how you got there?  I’m running on FreeBSD with the ports system version of  dovecot2 2.2.16, currently, although I think I’m due an upgrade.
>
>    You say you’re have "My Dovecot instance use a single user”, and I think that’s different than I.  My Maildir directories and files are all owned by the UNIX user that owns the file.  Maybe this is causing me the permissions problems I’m seeing.  Is having it all running as one [UNIX] user a typical configuration for dovecot2?  Or just typical of installations using ACLs?
>
>    Thank you.
>
>                                           - Chris
>

-- 
  -----------------------------------
|Marco Giunta - SISSA Computer Staff|
|Via Bonomea, 265                   |
|34136 - Trieste, Italy             |
|Tel: +39-40-3787-503               |
|Fax: +39-040-3787-244              |
|e-mail: giunta at sissa.it            |
  -----------------------------------


More information about the dovecot mailing list