mail::ACCOUNT::getRights — Read access control list
#include <libmail/sync.H>
mail::ACCOUNT *mail;
mail::folder *folder;
bool
ok=mail->getRights( |
mail::folder *folder, |
std::list<std::pair<std::string, std::string>
> &rights); |
This function implements folder access control lists
(ACLs). Access control lists define who is allowed to do
certain operations on a folder, or on messages in the folder.
Folder ACLs are implement only for IMAP accounts on IMAP
servers that implement access control lists. This function
will fail if folder
is not a folder on an IMAP server that supports access
control lists.
This function obtains folder's entire access control
list. If this function succeeds (this function may fail if
the requesting client does not have the required access to
the folder), rights
will be initialized to an array of identifier/accessrights tuples.
Not all servers support every one of the following access control list identifiers. See the server's documentation to check which access control list identifiers are implemented by the server:
anonymous”, or
“anyone”This identifier refers to universal access rights given to everyone, including anonymous users (if supported by server).
authuser”Same as “anyone”, except for anonymous users. If the server does not implement anonymous access, then “anonymous”, “anyone”, and “authuser” are equivalent.
owner”The owner of the mailbox that contains the folder.
administrators”Any member of a group that's defined as an administrator group, in an implementation-defined way.
user=username”A single system user, identified by username.
group=groupname”Any system user that's part of a group identified
by groupname. Groups are
created and managed by IMAP server-specific tools.
See the server's documentation for information on
creating and managing groups (if the groups are even
implemented by the server in the first place).
identifier”An access control list identifier may be prefixed
by a “-”, which refers to a
“negative
right”. Negative rights explicitly
revoke the associated access rights from the
identifier
instead of granting the right.
Negative rights are not implemented by all servers. See the server's documentation to check if the server implements negative access rights.
username and
groupname must
specified using the UTF-8
character set.
At this time, the following access rights are supported:
a”Administrator access: view and change folder access control lists.
c”Create subfolders.
e”Expunge deleted messages from the folder.
i”Insert, or add messages to the folder.
l”List, or view the folder's existence. If a folder
does not have the “l”
access right, the server will not include this folder
when it's asked to list all folders in the folder
directory. However, if the “r” access right is
present, the folder may be opened if the folder's
name is known.
r”Read, or open the folder. An attempt to open the
folder will fail without the “r” access right, even
if the folder's name is known.
p”“Post messages” to the folder. This access right is currently listed in the ACL specification; however its intention is not clear, and most servers do not do anything useful with this access right. It is listed here for information purposes only.
s”Allow changing the read/unread status of messages
in the folder. The server will not automatically
clear the unread message status
flag on messages after they are read, or let this
status flag be explicitly changed, without the
“s” access right.
t”Allow tagging of messages as deleted or undeleted.
The server will prohibit changing the messages'
deleted
message status flag without the “t” access right.
w”Allow changing the draft, replied, and
marked
message status flags. The server will not allow
changes to these flags without the “w” access right.
x”Allow this folder to be removed. The server will
not this folder to be deleted without the
“x” access right.