Re: xDAV and shared namespaces

Ken Murchison <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.imap.cyrus
Organization FastMail US LLC
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Can you capture telemetry for the PROPFIND and OPTIONS requests on the 
shared calendar?


On 03/19/2018 02:55 AM, Anatoli wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> Basically, the shared calendar is working fine in Thunderbird, where I 
> can specify the exact URL. But I can't make it work on iPhone as it 
> only takes the server and later resolves the exact URL via 
> /.well-known/caldav which points to the personal calendar for the same 
> user. Though, if I specify on iPhone the exact URL in the settings, it 
> queries it:
>
> Mar 19 03:27:42 l https[18199]: [10.1.1.100] with "iOS/11.2.6 (15D100) 
> dataaccessd/1.0"; "PROPFIND /dav/calendars/shared/ HTTP/1.1" (depth=0) 
> => "HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized" (error=Must authenticate to access the 
> specified target)
> Mar 19 03:27:42 l https[18199]: login: [10.1.1.100] [email protected] 
> Basic+TLS User logged in 
> SESSIONID=<xxx.com-18199-1521440862-1-11826509860795088158>
> Mar 19 03:27:42 l https[18199]: [10.1.1.100] as "[email protected]" with 
> "iOS/11.2.6 (15D100) dataaccessd/1.0"; "PROPFIND 
> /dav/calendars/shared/ HTTP/1.1" (type=prop; depth=0) => "HTTP/1.1 207 
> Multi-Status"
> Mar 19 03:27:42 l https[18199]: login: [10.1.1.100] [email protected] 
> Basic+TLS User logged in 
> SESSIONID=<xxx.com-18199-1521440862-1-11826509860795088158>
> Mar 19 03:27:42 l https[18199]: [10.1.1.100] as "[email protected]" with 
> "iOS/11.2.6 (15D100) dataaccessd/1.0"; "OPTIONS /dav/calendars/shared/ 
> HTTP/1.1" => "HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
>
> But finally, iPhone Calendar app doesn't show events from the shared 
> calendar and in the Accounts the URL resets to the naked domain (i.e. 
> without the /dav/calendars/shared/ part). What could be done to make 
> it work?
>
> Thanks,
> Anatoli
>
> *From:* Ken Murchison
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2018 14:09
> *To:* Info-cyrus
> *Subject:* Re: xDAV and shared namespaces
>
>
>
> On 03/13/2018 12:50 PM, Anatoli wrote:
>> Ken,
>>
>> Thanks a lot! After creating the shared folder under the root 
>> hierarchy (with imtest -a admin and the command you provided), 
>> setting the corresponding ACLs for the users that have to have access 
>> to the folder (with cyradm sam) and creating a new connection in each 
>> WebDAV client for https://domain.com/dav/drive/shared/, everything 
>> worked fine!
>>
>> I'll try to test the same with CalDAV / CardDAV and report it here.
>
> Its entirely possible that the URL parsing code for CalDAV and CardDAV 
> will not resolve to a shared folder.  Let me know.
>
>
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Anatoli
>>
>> *From:* Ken Murchison
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:55
>> *To:* Info-cyrus
>> *Subject:* Re: xDAV and shared namespaces
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/13/2018 11:48 AM, Anatoli wrote:
>>> Hi Ken,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I'm willing to test it and if 
>>> needed I can also apply patches (I build Cyrus from sources).
>>>
>>> > x CREATE shared (TYPE COLLECTION)
>>>
>>> What does this command is supposed to do and under what user should 
>>> I execute it (I mean imtest -a <user>)? I tried to run it under 
>>> admin user (it creates a "shared" folder at the root hierarchy) and 
>>> under a normal user that already has a shared folder (in this case 
>>> the folder is created under the user hierarchy), but in both cases 
>>> the folder stays empty (with only cyrus.header and cyrus.index 
>>> inside) and is not visible under a WebDAV client. Am I missing 
>>> something?
>>
>> Definitely do this as an admin (e.g. 'cyrus') that DOES NOT have 
>> their own user hierarchy.
>>
>> Its been so long since I wrote and played with the WebDAV module that 
>> I forgot how it works.  Try:
>>
>> x CREATE #drive/shared (TYPE COLLECTION)
>>
>> Use whatever you have set for the davdriveprefix option and the 
>> proper hierarchy ('.' if you have disabled unixhierarchysep)
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Anatoli
>>>
>>> *From:* Ken Murchison
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 13, 2018 12:18
>>> *To:* Info-cyrus
>>> *Subject:* Re: xDAV and shared namespaces
>>>
>>> xDAV hasn't had much development or testing in the shared namespace 
>>> and there isn't any tooling to create such mailboxes.
>>>
>>> If you wanted to do some testing, you'd have to create the mailboxes 
>>> by hand and set the mailbox type accordingly.  To do so, you can 
>>> connect to the server as an admin using imtest and enter the 
>>> following command:
>>>
>>> x CREATE shared (TYPE COLLECTION)
>>>
>>> to create a WebDAV collection.  Or set the TYPE to CALENDAR or 
>>> ADDRESSBOOK
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/13/2018 11:08 AM, Anatoli wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I'm experimenting with xDav (CalDAV, CardDAV and WebDAV) in Cyrus 
>>>> 3.0.5. All xDAV services in user namespaces work as expected, but I 
>>>> can't figure out how to setup them for shared namespaces.
>>>>
>>>> The most important service for me to setup for shared namespaces is 
>>>> WebDAV. I'd like to have a shared folder accessible to multiple 
>>>> users based on their ACLs. I know how to setup a shared folder for 
>>>> IMAP:
>>>>
>>>> cyradm> cm [email protected]
>>>> cyradm> sam [email protected] [email protected] write
>>>>
>>>> In the mail client I see the shared1 folder under "shared folders". 
>>>> But I can't see it in a WebDAV client. At the server the shared1 
>>>> folder doesn't have the autocreated xDAV structure as it normally 
>>>> autocreates for individual users, and I don't know how to create it 
>>>> manually.
>>>>
>>>> Does anybody know how to configure WebDAV shared folders? I'm also 
>>>> interested in creating shared calendars (CalDAV) and addressbooks 
>>>> (CardDAV), but I suppose they are managed the same way as WebDAV.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Anatoli
>>>>
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