[horde] Kolab-Style Resource Accounts w/LDAP Auth, w/o Kolab

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Robert McAuley <rmcauley at ca.afilias.info>:

> Hello,
>
> I'm setting up a Horde install for our mid-sized company since it  
> fits all our needs except in 1 facet, what Kolab calls resource  
> accounts. (we'd rather not have to use Kolab for various reasons,  
> we've given it a try and decided against it)
>
> I'd like to be able to give my users the ability to book meeting  
> rooms though their clients via free/busy time, with the ability for  
> anyone to do it and have the meeting room automatically busy for the  
> booked time.
>
> However, the auth and address book on our Horde is configured  
> against our LDAP, and I'd rather not clutter our company LDAP with  
> dummy accounts for meeting rooms.
>
> Two solutions came to mind: one is a 2nd Horde install, decoupled  
> from our LDAP, that was SQL authorization and was only Kronolith.   
> That install could host all the meeting rooms.  I could use Apache  
> rewrite rules to keep free/busy URLs the same between the 2 Horde  
> installs.
>
> The second solution was having our office manager share a set of  
> calendars, avoiding LDAP clutter.  Problem is that approach wouldn't  
> mesh well with free/busy usage on either kronolith or Outlook/Kontact.

Why not? That's the solution I would suggest. You can receive  
free/busy information for individual calendars (shares), not only for  
users.

> I've googled and searched the mailing list archives to see if anyone  
> else has mentioned anything, and came up with nothing.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions for how I can get this functionality,  
> that would be fantastic.
>
> If it helps, I am using the Webmail edition of Horde, configured for  
> LDAP authentication (with IMAP auth being the same user/password  
> pair) and PostgreSQL storage for Kronolith, prefs, etc.
>
> - Rob
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Jan.

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