[horde] delete all data from inactive users and old data from active users

Ralf Lang lang at b1-systems.de
Sat Oct 27 06:59:16 UTC 2018


Horde has a locking feature to permanently or temporarily lock out user names from the ui. Doesn't affect your imap server though

Am 17. Juli 2018 21:04:15 MESZ schrieb Arjen de Korte <build+horde at de-korte.org>:
>Citeren cheese at nosuchhost.net:
>
>> hi
>>
>> i have two goals:
>> a) completly delete old users, as those are no longer entitled to  
>> use our service. i think feeding their usernames to  
>> horde-remove-user-data should to the trick. is this sufficient?
>
>Probably not. It depends on the authentication backend in use. In many 
>
>cases, users are authenticated against an IMAP server. If you don't  
>remove their account there, they will probably be able login after you 
>
>removed the user data and start all over again. You really should  
>remove the user from the authentication backend and only after that,  
>remove the user data.
>
>> b) i would like to delete OLD data for users with several  
>> active-sync-enabled devices. some of our users change their devices  
>> quite frequently or had to reset their desktop-outlooks,... i assume 
>
>> there should be some syncstate on a per email/contacts/...  
>> -device-user basis. i would like to delete such syncstates older  
>> than eg 1 year. is there some script to accomplish that?
>> i already looked at horde_activesync_state, but would need some  
>> "educated" advise there.
>
>Automation may not be the answer here. I would configure Horde to  
>allow only one or two ActiveSync devices per user through the  
>Permissions system (Horde->ActiveSync->max_devices). This makes the  
>user responsible for removal of the old devices  
>(horde/services/prefs.php?app=horde&group=activesync) before they can  
>add a new one and prevents you from accidentally erasing a dormant  
>device without explicit approval from the user. People hate it when  
>devices have to go through an unexpected resynchronisation while on  
>the road.
>
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