[horde] Default Addressbook issue

[Jamie Allen]

  Quoting Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca>:

> On 01/23/2018 01:29 PM, Jamie Allen wrote:
>>  Quoting Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca>:
>>
>>> On 01/23/2018 01:16 PM, Jamie Allen wrote:
>>>>  Quoting Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca>:
>>>>
>>>>> On 01/23/2018 01:17 AM, Jamie Allen wrote:
>>>>>>  Quoting Jamie Allen <jamie at jsdckr.nz>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Zitat von Jamie Allen <jamie at jsdckr.nz>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Zitat von Jamie Allen <jamie at jsdckr.nz>:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Greetings, IMP Gurus
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Would appreciate any suggestions you have on this. Horde  
>>>>>>>>>>> 5.2.22 - our set-up is that we have two shared  
>>>>>>>>>>> addressbooks, and then individual addressbooks where email  
>>>>>>>>>>> addresses are automatically added.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The problem is that, although addressbook preferences list  
>>>>>>>>>>> my individual addressbook as the default, the mail  
>>>>>>>>>>> preference for automatic addressbook saving persistently  
>>>>>>>>>>> sets itself to the first of the shared addressbooks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I set the preference in Preferences - Mail - Address Books  
>>>>>>>>>>> -> to the individual addressbook. Log out and log in to  
>>>>>>>>>>> Horde, and check the setting - and it has reverted to the  
>>>>>>>>>>> first of the Shared Addressbooks.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Very peculiar! Is there any way that I could hard-wire  
>>>>>>>>>>> this, please? It means that all of our users are ending up  
>>>>>>>>>>> with all my automatically added addresses in the global  
>>>>>>>>>>> shared addressbooks, which is causing some confusion...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Yours hopefully
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Jamie
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did you change anything for that pref in config/prefs.local.php?
>>>>>>>>>> Is the correct address book actually saved in the database?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Greetings
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks so much for your response :) No - nothing specified  
>>>>>>>>> in prefs.local.php
>>>>>>>>> - Which field is this preference saved as in the database,  
>>>>>>>>> do you know?
>>>>>>>>> Thank you again, Jamie
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That would be default_dir.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you :) I have set that value by hand to the personal  
>>>>>>> addressbook, and here's the interesting thing :-
>>>>>>> 1. Autosave now persistently ends up in the right destination (hooray!)
>>>>>>> 2. The displayed value in the preferences shows the other  
>>>>>>> addressbook where it has been saving it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Curious....
>>>>>>> With thanks, Jamie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Greeting again
>>>>>> Actually, having checked more thoughly, if I change the  
>>>>>> pref_value of pref_name 'default_dir' in horde_prefs to a  
>>>>>> different addressbook, it doesn't make any difference (nothing  
>>>>>> changes as a result). Am I changing the correct field in the  
>>>>>> right place?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With thanks again
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the user you are testing with already have a value in the  
>>>>> preferences backend? Or is that what you changed when you said  
>>>>> "if I change the pref_value of pref_name 'default_dir' in  
>>>>> horde_prefs" ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Greetings
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tested it with two users, both of whom already have a value  
>>>>> set in horde_prefs; with the same outcome - picking them out  
>>>>> with : select * from horde_prefs where pref_name='default_dir';
>>>>>
>>>>> Jamie :)
>>>
>>> Right. Pretty sure that prefs in the database will override what  
>>> you have in prefs.local.php . Try testing with a user that does  
>>> not have a default_dir pref in the database.
>>
>> Wait - I don't have anything set for this in prefs.local.php - can  
>> I specify default addressbook there per user (excuse my ignorance).  
>> We don't have any users without that field set... but I could  
>> create one, of course...
>>
>> Thank you again...
>
> prefs.local.php is where you should put your customizations. This  
> near the top of prefs.php explains it better than I can. :-)
>
> * IMPORTANT: DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE! DO NOT COPY prefs.php TO prefs.local.php!
> * Local overrides ONLY MUST be placed in prefs.local.php or prefs.d/.
> * If the 'vhosts' setting has been enabled in Horde's configuration,  
> you can* use prefs-servername.php.

Aha! So, looks like (not sure who) has added in some customisations  
via imp/config/prefs.d - namely the following :

$_prefs['add_source']['hook'] = true;
$_prefs['search_sources']['hook'] = true;
$_prefs['search_fields']['hook'] = true;

...what would these customisations achieve? Interestingly, if I remove  
them, the problem goes away! (Which is delightful to see! I'm just not  
sure what knock-on effect this has had!)

With thanks again
Jamie