dovecot - Jun 2011 - Question about Dovecot-ACLs

Hi there,

i try to create an php-script to control acl's for public folders 
without file-manipulation.

For this i use imap_setacl() like this example:
   imap_setacl($mbox,"INBOX/test", "email at domain.tld",
"lrwstipekxa");

The acl-file looks so:
   ~:> cat dovecot-acl
   user=email at domain.tld akxeilprwts

But i have a problem with the follow function:
   imap_setacl($mbox,"INBOX/test", "email at domain.tld",
"");

This command only delete the rights from the email, not the whole entry 
in my dovecot-acl file.

Now my acl-file looks like this:
   ~:> cat dovecot-acl
   user=email at domain.tld

Did this affect dovecot by any way?

Thanks,
Jan

On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 16:41 +0200, Jan Phillip Greimann wrote:
> i try to create an php-script to control acl's for public folders 
> without file-manipulation.
I don't know about PHP, but
> But i have a problem with the follow function:
>    imap_setacl($mbox,"INBOX/test", "email at
domain.tld", "");
> 
> This command only delete the rights from the email, not the whole entry 
> in my dovecot-acl file.
> 
> Now my acl-file looks like this:
>    ~:> cat dovecot-acl
>    user=email at domain.tld
> 
> Did this affect dovecot by any way?
This is intentional. You remove user's all access that way. To delete
ACLs you'd need to use DELETEACL command. Maybe there's an
imap_deleteacl() function in PHP?