Permissions question

[Simon Matter]

> I know this is a thread from last year that I posted, but I'm still
> needing clarification as I can't find the answer in the documentation (or
> google searches for that matter).  Unlike the last one, this is not
> autocreate.  I am creating these accounts through perl using IMAP::Admin.
> When I create an account, they seem to default with permissions
> lrswipkxtecda.  My I can't find any information in k, x, t, or e.  What do
> these guys mean/do?  Are these defaults safe or should I be worried.  In

I think the overview document of Cyrus hasn't been updated.

You may look at the RFC
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4314

I think there is some mapping of older ACLs to newer ones in Cyrus.

Regards,
Simon

> the create script, I create the account and immediately change the
> permissions to lrswipcda, but the ones below are still show.  I assume
> that it automatically adds the other ones as dependents but since I don't
> know what they are, I'm just guessing.  I don't want to guess though.
>
>
> sam user/webmaster at domain.tld<mailto:user/webmaster at domain.tld> cyrus all
> localhost.localdomain> lam *
> user/ruscica at domain.tld<mailto:user/ruscica at domain.tld>:
>   ruscica at domain.tld<mailto:ruscica at domain.tld> lrswipkxtecda
>   cyrus kxc
> user/webmaster at domain.tld<mailto:user/webmaster at domain.tld>:
>   webmaster at domain.tld<mailto:webmaster at domain.tld> lrswipkxtecda
>   cyrus lrswipkxtecda
>
>
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> [info-cyrus-bounces+gary=primeexalia.com at lists.andrew.cmu.edu] On Behalf
> Of Gary W. Smith [gary at primeexalia.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 4:46 PM
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> Subject: Permissions question
>
> autocreatequota: (off top of head, forgive me if this is wrong)
>
> lrswipcda
>
> cm user/mailbox at whatever
> lrswipkxtecda
>
> Why does autocreatequota enabled boxes have a different security than
> boxes created with cm?  Also, where do I find more information on the
> flags?  which should I be using for normal user email accounts (for
> imap/pop3 -- no shared boxes).
>
> Gary
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