[CalendarServer-users] delegation help?

[Cyrus Daboo]

Hi Frank,

--On November 12, 2007 1:54:15 PM +0100 Frank Strauß 
<strauss at ibr.cs.tu-bs.de> wrote:

> That's why I'd like to prepare our LDAP directory (running on a Linux
> box with some "self-made" schema extensions) to support the necessary
> information to the calendar server.
>
> Is it ok to set requireComputerRecord to false in the configuration file
> or are there any functional drawbacks?

When requireComputerRecord is true, the calendar server will look for a 
/Computers record matching its hostname in the directory and extract keys 
from that that it uses to create a ServicesLocator value. Then, when it 
searches for users, it will only match users that have that ServicesLocator 
value set. i.e. only those users for whom calendaring has been enabled in 
the appropriate fashion will be provisioned on the server.

If requireComputerRecord is false, then the server will provision all users 
found via a directory search, irrespective of the ServicesLocator value. So 
if you have a directory that does not support the new schema, you can use 
the server with requireComputerRecord off.

However, iCal always requires ServicesLocator and the new schema to detect 
accounts and calendar users enabled for the server. So you do still need 
the new schema for iCal.

> What records and attributes do I have to model in our LDAP schema to
> reflect users, groups, locations and resources correctly? It seems
> calendarPrincipalURI has gone, and servicesLocator is new?! What is the
> exact syntax and meaning? Are there any specs available that are a
> little more detailed than the document "Open Directory Administration
> For Version 10.5 Leopard" [1]?

David Reid has recently added ical-schema.txt into the doc directory in 
SVN. That documents the new schema we are using. Let us know if you need 
more information.

-- 
Cyrus Daboo