[CalendarServer-users] Cannot delete an event?

[Andre LaBranche]

Hi,

Sorry for the slow reply.

> On Aug 10, 2017, at 1:52 PM, Ian Baker <ibaker at eem.ca> wrote:
> 
> The boss is running macOS 10.12.6 against Server.app 5.2 on macOS 10.11.6
> 
> The boss tries to remove a repeating event, but gets this error "The server responded: "403" to operation CalDAVWriteEntityQueueableOperation
> 
> The event had two participants, the boss and another, however the event no longer appears on the other user's calendar. I don't know who was the originator of the event.
> 
> Is there any way to force the removal of this event from the boss's calendar?

You could try:

sudo /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/Library/CalendarServer/bin/calendarserver_verify_data --nuke <reference to the event>

This tool has many other options (run with -h to see them), but 'nuke' is not related to (and cannot be used concurrently with) any of them. The reference to the event can be in one of three forms: PATH, UID or RID. From the usage help:

> PATH is the full /calendars/__uids__/XXX/YYY/ZZZ.ics object resource path. UID is the iCalendar UID, prefixed with "uid:", of the resources to remove. RID is the SQL DB resource id.


The UID can be found by looking inside the event. For example, using Calendar on macOS, drag the event to the desktop, then open it with a text editor and look for the "UID" property. Alternatively, use grep against the file you downloaded:

# print lines containing UID inside VEVENT blocks, but excluding VALARM blocks
╭─ andre at zomg ~/Desktop
╰─ $ awk '/BEGIN:VEVENT/ {f=1}; /BEGIN:VALARM/ {f=0}; /UID/ && f; /END:VALARM/ {f=1}; /END:VEVENT/{f=0}' test.ics
UID:09F6D2C8-0551-4656-9789-7DDF9173A323
UID:09F6D2C8-0551-4656-9789-7DDF9173A323
UID:09F6D2C8-0551-4656-9789-7DDF9173A323

If the event is recurring, the UID may appear multiple times.

RID is a database-specific token; easier to use either PATH or UID.

-dre


> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ian
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