[CalendarServer-users] Cannot delete an event?

[Ian Baker]

Thanks André for the response.

We're not running the current Server.app v5.3.1 - only the older version v5.2. Unfortunately, we can't upgrade at the current time.

With Server.app v5.2, it seems that calendarserver_verify_data is also an older version that doesn't yet support UID references.

 ./calendarserver_verify_data --nuke UID:EB386194-F40A-41E3-8FB1-FD8163520FCD

---- CalVerify Nuke Service version: 12 ----

---- Removing calendar resource ----
nuke argument must be a calendar object path or an SQL resource-id

Can I download and run the current version of calendarserver_verify_data (that supports UID reverences) against an older version of the calendar server data?

If not, how can I translate a UID reference into either a SQL RID or a PATH reference?

Thanks

Ian

> On Aug 14, 2017, at 3:45 PM, Andre LaBranche <dre at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry for the slow reply.
> 
>> On Aug 10, 2017, at 1:52 PM, Ian Baker <ibaker at eem.ca <mailto: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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