Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Iain Sims writes:
> 
>> Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>
>>> Iain Sims writes:
>>>
>>>> I have a question regarding public folder permissions for shared
>>>> maildirs.
>>>>
>>>> Setting permissions on a shared maildir for any single user to ceilrstw
>>>> should (as far as the man page tells me) allow that user to create
>>>> folders (c) and delete messages (t & e).
>>>>
>>>> Yet I find that users are unable to delete messages being told that
>>>> they
>>>> require additional permissions (x) to be set.
>>>>
>>>> All I would like to do is allow certain users to be able to delete
>>>> messages, but not the share. Do I have the permissions wrong??
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Instead of paraphrasing what you think your problem is, post the actual
>>> error messages.
>>
>>
>> Nothing in the /var/log/mail.* files relating to this, just an
>> Thunderbird alert message showing:
>>
>> "The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Access
>> denied for RENAME on #shared.Test.example (ACL "x" required)."
>>
>> That is trying to delete the folder.
> 
> 
> Correct.  That's what the x ACL is required for.
> 
> Deleting the folder is not the same thing as deleting messages in the
> folder.

Understood, Sam. I'm not bothered about not being able to delete the
folders, but not being able to delete the messages within the folders.

>From what I see in the maildiracl man page setting options 'e' & 't'
should allow users to delete messages within the folder. Yet users are
being prevented by not even having the option in the MUA to delete messages.

Regs.

Iain.


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