Sharing public folders with Z-Push

fbartels

Another way to check if a folder is properly shared is by getting the user details of a user with z-push-admin -a list -u username. If a folder is properly shared (and if missing permissions don’t interfere) the you should see something like the following:

Additional Folders:     1
        Folder name                    Store          Type     Origin     Synched
        Inbox - feedback               feedback       Email    Shared     Active

mcostan

Thanks, I’ll try tonight and let you know, much appreciated.

mcostan

@fbartels

This is what happens:

DeviceId:               4e696e65434335424635444441343039
Device type:            Android
UserAgent:              Nine-nikel/MRA58K
Device Model:           Redmi Note 4
Device IMEI:            000000000000000
Device friendly name:   nikel
Device OS:              Android 6.0.V8.0.4.0.MBFMIDG
Device OS Language:     English (United Kingdom)
Device Operator:        Vectone 
ActiveSync version:     14.1
First sync:             2018-07-18 22:48
Last sync:              2018-07-19 21:00
Sync Period:            unlimited (0)
Total folders:          257
Short folder Ids:       Yes
Synchronized folders:   14
Synchronized data:      Emails(14) 
Additional Folders:     18
        Folder name                    Store          Type     Origin     Synched
        CaterAllen -                                  Email    Shared     Inactive (not yet synchronized or no permissions)

All the shared folders have the same message (not yet synchronized or no permissions) for both devices. I have permissioned both the standard android mail client as well as Nine which is the one in the example above.

Note that I have given to myself full control on the folders in my own Inbox.

Am I doing anything wrong anywhere?

Manfred

Hi mcostan,

did you check z-push.log if the device attempts to synchronise that folder? Is there a way on your mobile device to force a folder sync?

Manfred

mcostan

@manfred

Apologies I should have sent you the log files to start with.

For normal folders I see stuff like this:

19/07/2018 23:08:05 [ 4700] [DEBUG] [#unknown] HierarchyCache: AddFolder() serverid: Ub4498 displayname: FollowUp
19/07/2018 23:08:05 [ 4700] [DEBUG] [#unknown] ASDevice->GetFolderIdForBackendId(): generated new folderid 'Ufae70' for backend-folderid '9995a8356ba047cd800edeb80b480023106308000000'

For the public ones I see this:

19/07/2018 23:08:04 [ 4700] [DEBUG] [#unknown] ChangesMemoryWrapper->Config(AdditionalFolders) : process folder 'CaterAllen - '
19/07/2018 23:08:04 [ 4700] [WARN] [#unknown] KopanoBackend->openMessageStore(''): No store found for this user

And nothing else… What does “No store found for this user”?
I created the folders myself under Public Folders…

mcostan

@mcostan

Some more findings.

I added a standard folder and I can see the following:

19/07/2018 23:36:46 [10172] [DEBUG] [#unknown] HierarchyCache: AddFolder() serverid: U15797 displayname: abla2

This appears soon in the mobile device.

I then went and removed all permissions to the topmost public folder (It had my name specifically added in the permissions and I now see:

9/07/2018 23:33:01 [ 8251] [DEBUG] [#unknown] ZPushAdmin::AdditionalFolderAdd(): added folder '36BlandfordRoad - ' to additional folders list of device '4e696e65434335424635444441343039' of user 'mrc' with status: true

Except the folder never makes it to the mobile device…

The device ID is indeed the one of the Nine mail program in the MDM list.

mcostan

I am out of ideas… The only thing that comes to my mind is whether I should try in Outlook 2016 and see if it makes it there, by enabling the same folders in the MDM plugin?

Manfred

Hi @mcostan,

did you try to add a public folder with z-push-admin? You have to specify SYSTEM as a store for a public folder.

Running z-push-admin with -s flag provides more information on shared folders, e.g.

z-push-admin -a list -u mrc -s

Manfred

mcostan

@manfred

I tried adding it with z-push with the following:

 z-push-admin -a addshared -u mrc -n 36BlandfordRoad -o SYSTEM -t email -f 9995a8356ba047cd800edeb80b4800238d4a00000000

root@mrc-ubz64:~# z-push-admin -a list -u mrc

Synchronized devices of user: mrc
-----------------------------------------------------
DeviceId:               androidc700440035
Device type:            Android
UserAgent:              Android/6.0-EAS-1.3
Device Model:           Redmi Note 4
Device IMEI:            863263032211641
Device friendly name:   Redmi Note 4
Device OS:              Android 6.0
Device Operator:        Vectone  (23430)
ActiveSync version:     14.1
First sync:             2018-07-28 19:07
Last sync:              2018-07-28 19:07
Sync Period:            unlimited (0)
Total folders:          256
Short folder Ids:       Yes
Synchronized folders:   1
Synchronized data:      Emails
Additional Folders:     1
        Folder name                    Store          Type     Origin     Synched
        36BlandfordRoad                SYSTEM         Email    Shared     Inactive (not yet synchronized or no permissions)
Status:                 OK
WipeRequest on:         not set
WipeRequest by:         not set
Wiped on:               not set
Policy name:            default
Attention needed:       No errors known

The same behaviour is for both the standard Android client as well as the Nine email program on Android.

Any help much appreciated. Right now the only way I have to access public folders is via k9mail and IMAP but it is terribly slow…

Manfred

Hi @mcostan,

in your last z-push-admin output you forgot the “-s” flag. See my previous post.
According to this last output you have 256 folders, but only 1 is synced. Is this correct and intended?

Providing just bits of information is not very helpful for me to debug. Post complete z-push.log after you add a shared folder and device syncs.

Manfred

mcostan

@manfred

So I got somewhere with this.

When I add them with the comamnd line, the folders do appear in Nine after a while which I am very very happy about.

the output of the z-push-admin -a list -u mrc -s is below for an example:

       Folder name:    Insurance
        Store:          SYSTEM
        Type:           Email
        Origin:         Shared
        Folder id:      9995a8356ba047cd800edeb80b480023f14a00000000
        Parent id:      0
        Synched:        Active

However, when I add them via the MDM plugin they do not seem to appear, although it may just be that I have now added a lot of folders at once and I just need to let it syncronize.

I noticed that for the ones added via the MDM plugin it comes up with the store empty like this:

      Folder name:    Bills - 
        Store:
        Type:           Email
        Origin:         Shared
        Folder id:      9995a8356ba047cd800edeb80b480023384b00000000
        Parent id:      0
        Synched:        Inactive (not yet synchronized or no permissions)

Whether that would make any difference or not I have no idea.

In any case I am very very happy with the current state as it is progress for me.

Apologies for taking your time on this.

Manfred

Hi mcostan,

@mcostan said in Sharing public folders with Z-Push:

However, when I add them via the MDM plugin they do not seem to appear, although it may just be that I have now added a lot of folders at once and I just need to let it syncronize.

I noticed that for the ones added via the MDM plugin it comes up with the store empty like this:
      Folder name:    Bills - 
        Store:
        Type:           Email
        Origin:         Shared
        Folder id:      9995a8356ba047cd800edeb80b480023384b00000000
        Parent id:      0
        Synched:        Inactive (not yet synchronized or no permissions)
Whether that would make any difference or not I have no idea.

That doesn’t look right. It might be that a store goes missing somewhere or there is a bug. Without a store Z-Push won’t be able to open the folder.
I suggest you open a new thread at https://forum.kopano.io/category/21/plugins-for-kopano-webapp with the link to this thread.

Manfred

mcostan

@manfred

Will do. I am glad we were able to get to a diagnosis of the problem. Very much appreciated.