Mount shared Calendar

[interways]

Hello!

Is there a way within the web client to mount a shared folder (Calendar, Contacts, ...) that has been "pre-shared" via a distribution list?

I.E., how can I mount a share when there is no invitation mail?

Is it possible to auto-mount shares for new users that are members of a distribution list with common shares?

thanks

Chris

[webman]

To answer your first question, yes this is possible.

For example, to link to a calendar that has been shared to you:

1. In Calendar view, right-click on the Calendars heading (immediately beneath the New Calendar button).
2. Click Link to Shared Calendar
3. Enter the email address of the account that created the share
4. Type in the path to the shared item - usually just the name will suffice.
5. Click OK

You can use the zmmailbox command to create mount points.

Here's an example Perl script will get members of a distribution list (mydistlist@example.com) and mount the folder Calendar on share@example.com as Shared in each member's account.

#!/usr/bin/perl
# Get distribution list information and filter to just it's members
my $gdl = `/opt/zimbra/bin/zmprov gdl mydistlist\@example.com|grep zimbraMailForwardingAddress:`;
my @dlmembers = split('\n', $gdl);

foreach $member(@dlmembers){

    $member =~ s/zimbraMailForwardingAddress:\s*|\s*$//g;
    print " - Got member '$member'.\n";

    system("zmmailbox -z -m $member createMountpoint --view appointment -F# /Shared share@example.com /Calendar");

}

If you have a search on the forum for "createmountpoint" you'll find loads of other examples for different situations.

[gtuhl]

This looks like what I need, but when I attempt to run the zmmailbox command it presents me with the proper usage and doesn't seem to run. Topmost in the return is the usage for createMountPoint so I suspect I am doing something wrong with that command portion?

Im trying now to just do it for a specific user from the command line so I can see the output. Trying to mount the other@mydomain.com Holiday calendar (that is shared) as a CompanyHoliday calendar on my account.

/zmmailbox -z -m me@mydomain.com createMountpoint --view appointment -F # /CompanyHoliday other@mydomain.com /Holiday

Any ideas?

[webman]

Whoops, my apologies.

If you remove the space from the -F and # so that it becomes -F# it should work without error.

The -F# is the flag option, which in the case of calendar mountpoints, the hash symbol makes it active (places a 'tick' next to it in the Web client).

[gtuhl]

Works perfect, thanks for the followup. Brand new to Zimbra, haven't had a chance to get the hang of the CLI bits (but love that they are available).

[webman]

You're welcome

Hope you stick around and find that Zimbra meets your requirements. It's a very complex and powerful piece of software with lots of useful features for both end users and administrators.

Don't hesitate to ask here on the forum if you have any further queries, and also check the wiki for loads more information (especially command line stuff).