[sync] Syncing shared folders

[Ralph Sikau]

Michael J Rubinsky schrieb:
>
> Quoting Ralph Sikau <r.sikau at parabol-pictures.de>:
>
>> Michael J Rubinsky schrieb:
>>>
>>> Quoting Ralph Sikau <r.sikau at parabol-pictures.de>:
>>>
>>>> Michael J Rubinsky schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>> Quoting Ralph Sikau <r.sikau at parabol-pictures.de>[1]:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A calendar or an addressbook which is         shared with another 
>>>>>> user,
>>>>>> cannot be synced by this user with         Activesync. Is that 
>>>>>> normal
>>>>>> or are we doing anything wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> Synchronization requires that the user synchronizing have edit
>>>>> permissions on the source. This is due to the fact that ActiveSync
>>>>> does not provide any permissions checking, it assumes the user
>>>>> owns the resources being synchronized.
>>>>
>>>> Even with read and write permissions ActiveSync does not synchronise
>>>> the shared folders to Android on the client side. After many 
>>>> tests     that
>>>> is obvious. The alternative is to sync these folders with
>>>> caldav/carddav.
>>>
>>> You must enable "support separate address books" in the sync 
>>> preferences for Turba, and the Android sync client must support it 
>>> (most current clients do).
>> Nope. That does not help either. Shared folders are not shown in the 
>> selection for being synchronized, only your own folders - both in 
>> turba and kronolith. Wether or not "support separate address books" 
>> is enabled does not change anything. Our Android sync client is the 
>> app Nine which is capable to handle separate folders.
>
>
> This is exactly the same setup I use, and it is working fine.
>
> Just checked the code, and it actually requires DELETE permissions, 
> not EDIT.
Well, we did not try that. Because we would not want that a client is 
able to delete events in the owner's calendar.
It is only shared for information.