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Though it seems that there are other interfaces available (probably more user friendly ones, using web interfaces etc) the way we can configure cyrus-imap is with cyradm. | Though it seems that there are other interfaces available (probably more user friendly ones, using web interfaces etc) the way we can configure cyrus-imap is with cyradm. | ||
See: [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mimap/chapter/ch09.html Cyrus System Administration], Chapter 9 of O'Reilly's "Managing Imap". (Yes, this is so complicated, they wrote whole books about it!) | See: [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mimap/chapter/ch09.html Cyrus System Administration], Chapter 9 of O'Reilly's "Managing Imap". (Yes, this is so complicated, they wrote whole books about it!) | ||
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To start talking to cyradm as the administrator you want to execute (on einstein): | To start talking to cyradm as the administrator you want to execute (on einstein): | ||
cyradm -user cyrus localhost | cyradm -user cyrus localhost | ||
and supply the password for the usual password scheme for cyrus. | and supply the password for the usual password scheme for cyrus. | ||
| + | == Granting A User Access to a Folder == | ||
| + | To allow non-owner users to access folders (a.k.a. "shared" folders), the access control list (ACL) for that folder has to be modified. This is done with cyradm's setaclmailbox command: | ||
| + | setaclmailbox mailbox username rights | ||
| + | From the above O'Relly page: | ||
| + | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" | ||
| + | ! Right | ||
| + | ! Purpose | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | l | ||
| + | | Look up the name of the mailbox (but not its contents). | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | r | ||
| + | | Read the contents of the mailbox. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | s | ||
| + | | Preserve the "seen" and "recent" status of messages across IMAP sessions. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | w | ||
| + | | Write (change message flags such as "recent," "answered," and "draft"). | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | i | ||
| + | | Insert (move or copy) a message into the mailbox. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | p | ||
| + | | Post a message in the mailbox by sending the message to the mailbox's submission address | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | c | ||
| + | | Create a new mailbox below the top-level mailbox (ordinary users cannot create top-level mailboxes). | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | d | ||
| + | | Delete a message and/or the mailbox itself. | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | a | ||
| + | | Administer the mailbox (change the mailbox's ACL). | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | The can be mixed, and there are aliases for common combinations, like "read" for read-only permission. For more, see the O'Reilly page. | ||
| + | == External Information == | ||
| + | * [http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Deployment_Guide-en-US/ch-email.html#s2-email-protocols-client RHEL 5 docs] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:48, 4 December 2008
This information is deprecated. We now use a standard Dovecot setup.
Though it seems that there are other interfaces available (probably more user friendly ones, using web interfaces etc) the way we can configure cyrus-imap is with cyradm.
See: Cyrus System Administration, Chapter 9 of O'Reilly's "Managing Imap". (Yes, this is so complicated, they wrote whole books about it!)
To start talking to cyradm as the administrator you want to execute (on einstein):
cyradm -user cyrus localhost
and supply the password for the usual password scheme for cyrus.
Granting A User Access to a Folder
To allow non-owner users to access folders (a.k.a. "shared" folders), the access control list (ACL) for that folder has to be modified. This is done with cyradm's setaclmailbox command:
setaclmailbox mailbox username rights
From the above O'Relly page:
| Right | Purpose |
|---|---|
| l | Look up the name of the mailbox (but not its contents). |
| r | Read the contents of the mailbox. |
| s | Preserve the "seen" and "recent" status of messages across IMAP sessions. |
| w | Write (change message flags such as "recent," "answered," and "draft"). |
| i | Insert (move or copy) a message into the mailbox. |
| p | Post a message in the mailbox by sending the message to the mailbox's submission address |
| c | Create a new mailbox below the top-level mailbox (ordinary users cannot create top-level mailboxes). |
| d | Delete a message and/or the mailbox itself. |
| a | Administer the mailbox (change the mailbox's ACL). |
The can be mixed, and there are aliases for common combinations, like "read" for read-only permission. For more, see the O'Reilly page.
