Hi, Circling back around on this project. I hadn’t seen any replies but below is where I’m stuck. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks! Jason > On Sep 10, 2018, at 8:08 PM, Jason Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Aki I see what you are saying, and no I don’t believe so. I’m using > typical /etc/passwd for the user db. I reviewed > https://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields > <https://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields> but I’m not clear on how > to actually return system_user userdb attribute. > > I also have set mail_user_groups = sharedusers in dovecot.conf and then in > /etc/group put all the users with mailboxes into the sharedusers group. I > can see why that wouldn’t work if the above is not set. Can you point me in > the right direction on how to pass that information? > > Thanks! > >> On Aug 28, 2018, at 12:40 AM, Aki Tuomi <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Are you returning system_user userdb attribute? Extra groups from /etc/group >> are not applied without this. >> >> --- >> Aki Tuomi >> Dovecot oy >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Jason Perry <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: 28/08/2018 04:27 (GMT+02:00) >> To: Aki Tuomi <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Issue sharing folders with Thunderbird >> >> Hi Aki, they are. >> >>> 3. The permissions for the file are: >>> root@dal-notify-01 Maildir]# ls -la /var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db >>> -rw-rw-r--. 1 operations sharedusers 197 Aug 26 20:33 >>> /var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db >>> 4. Users I'm testing with are part of the sharedusers group in /etc/group >> >> The dir /var/lib/dovecot/db has this for permissions: >> drwsrwsrwx. 2 root sharedusers 33 Aug 27 21:12 db >> >> the user operations is a member of “sharedusers” in /etc/group. I even >> chmod’ed the permissions after to rw for global and I get the same >> error/result. >> >> The file does appear to get written to. For example, lets say user u2.name >> creates a folder called “starbucks” and uses the IMAP commands to share it >> out to user operations. It seems to write to the acl_shared_dict file in >> /var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db with an entry like >>> shared/shared-boxes/user/u2.name/operations >>> 1 >> >> And it writes to the ~/Maildir/.starbucks/dovecot-acl file for u2.user with >> an entry like: >> user=operations lrw >> >> So it appears to be working. However, if I log into Thunderbird with the >> user operations account and go to subscribe, I do not see “starbucks” in the >> list of available folders. And I still get the nfs_flush_chown error. >> >> Is there anything else I can be doing with the file/dir permissions? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >>> On Aug 27, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Aki Tuomi <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> acl_shared_dict file & folder must be readwritable by user performing the >>> sharing as stated in wiki. >>> >>> https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared >>> <https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared> >>> --- >>> Aki Tuomi >>> Dovecot oy >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Jason Perry <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Date: 27/08/2018 17:01 (GMT+02:00) >>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: Issue sharing folders with Thunderbird >>> >>> Trying to share folder "JasonAlerts" within mailbox operations to user >>> u1.name >>> >>> Issues: >>> 1. Shared mailboxes do not appear under subscriptions in Thunderbird for >>> another user >>> 2. When I try to set permissions via IMAP commands I get in >>> /var/log/dovecot.log >>> Aug 26 20:33:24 imap(operations): Error: nfs_flush_chown_uid: >>> chown(/var/lib/dovecot/db) failed: Permission denied >>> 3. The permissions for the file are: >>> root@dal-notify-01 Maildir]# ls -la /var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db >>> -rw-rw-r--. 1 operations sharedusers 197 Aug 26 20:33 >>> /var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db >>> 4. Users I'm testing with are part of the sharedusers group in /etc/group >>> 5. IMAP commands DO write to the file: >>> [root@dal-notify-01 Maildir]# cat /var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db >>> shared/shared-boxes/user/u1.name/u2.name >>> 1 >>> shared/shared-boxes/user/operations/u2.name >>> 1 >>> shared/shared-boxes/user/u1.name/operations >>> 1 >>> shared/shared-boxes/user/u1.name/operations >>> 1 >>> 6. It will also write to the user's >>> /home/operations/Maildir/.JasonAlert/dovecot-acl file >>> user=u1.name ilrw >>> >>> However if I got into Thunderbird and try to subscribe, none of the shared >>> folders are listed. Can anyone help?? Thanks!! >>> >>> Dovecot version = 2.2.10 >>> >>> dovecot -n >>> [root@server]# dovecot -n >>> # 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >>> # OS: Linux 3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 >>> (Core) >>> first_valid_uid = 100 >>> listen = * >>> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log >>> mail_debug = yes >>> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir >>> mail_plugins = acl >>> mail_privileged_group = mail >>> mbox_write_locks = fcntl >>> namespace Private { >>> hidden = no >>> inbox = no >>> list = no >>> location = >>> prefix = Private/ >>> separator = / >>> type = private >>> } >>> namespace Public { >>> hidden = no >>> inbox = no >>> list = no >>> location = maildir:/var/mail/public >>> prefix = Public/ >>> separator = / >>> subscriptions = yes >>> type = public >>> } >>> namespace Shared { >>> hidden = no >>> inbox = no >>> list = yes >>> location = maildir:/var/mail/%u:INDEXPVT=~/Maildir/%u >>> prefix = shared/%u/ >>> separator = / >>> subscriptions = yes >>> type = shared >>> } >>> namespace inbox { >>> inbox = yes >>> location = >>> mailbox Drafts { >>> special_use = \Drafts >>> } >>> mailbox Junk { >>> special_use = \Junk >>> } >>> mailbox Sent { >>> special_use = \Sent >>> } >>> mailbox "Sent Messages" { >>> special_use = \Sent >>> } >>> mailbox Trash { >>> special_use = \Trash >>> } >>> prefix = >>> separator = / >>> } >>> passdb { >>> driver = pam >>> } >>> passdb { >>> driver = pam >>> } >>> plugin { >>> acl = vfile >>> acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db >>> <file:///var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db> >>> } >>> protocols = imap >>> ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem >>> ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem >>> syslog_facility = local2 >>> userdb { >>> driver = passwd >>> } >>> userdb { >>> driver = passwd >>> } >>> protocol imap { >>> mail_plugins = acl imap_acl >>> } >> >
