calendarserver_manage_principals(8) Calendar Server principal management utility

SYNOPSIS

[--config file ] [--verbose ] [--read-property property ] [--list-principal-types ] [--list-principals type ] [--search search-string ] [--list-read-proxies ] [--list-write-proxies ] [--list-proxies ] [--add-read-proxy principal ] [--add-write-proxy principal ] [--remove-proxy principal ] [--set-auto-schedule-mode none|accept-always|decline-always|accept-if-free|decline-if-busy|automatic ] [--get-auto-schedule-mode ] [--set-auto-accept-group group ] [--get-auto-accept-group ] [--add locations|resources full-name: [record-name] [GUID] ] [--remove ] principal [principal ...]

DESCRIPTION

is a tool for accessing and manipulating information regarding principals on a Calendar Server. Principals represent any form of actor that can access the server, such as users, groups, locations and resources.

should be run as a user with the same privileges as the Calendar Server itself, as it needs to read and write data that belongs to the server. takes a list of principals as arguments and then performs the requested actions on each of the given principals.

A principal may be specified as the principal's GUID. Alternatively, it may be specified in the form recordType:shortName where recordType is a directory record type (eg. users groups locations resources and shortName is the principal's short name.

Actions to perform are specified via the options below. Multiple actions may be given, and will be performed in the order given on each principal specified.

OPTIONS

-h, -help
Displays usage information
-v, -verbose
Displays debugging information
-f, -config FILE
Use the Calendar Server configuration specified in the given file. Defaults to /etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist.

ACTIONS

--read-property property
Read the given WebDAV property on the principal resource. property must be a fully qualified XML element name in the form {namespace}name for example: {DAV:}displayname
--list-principal-types
List all of the known principals types.
--list-principals type
List all of the principals of the given type.
--search search-string
Search for principals whose name or email address contains the search string.
--list-read-proxies
List the read proxies.
--list-write-proxies
List the write proxies.
--list-proxies
List all proxies.
--add-read-proxy principal
Add the given principal as a read proxy.
--add-write-proxy principal
Add the given principal as a write proxy.
--remove-proxy principal
Remove the given principal as a proxy.
--set-auto-schedule true|false
Enable or disable automatic scheduling.
--get-auto-schedule
Get the automatic scheduling state.
--set-auto-accept-group group
The principal will auto-accept any invites from any member of the group (as long as there are no conflicts).
--get-auto-accept-group
Get the currently assigned auto-accept group for the principal.
--add locations|resources full-name [record-name] [GUID]
Add a new location or resource. Record name and GUID are optional. If GUID is not specified, one will be generated. If record name is not specified, the record name will be set to the GUID.

EXAMPLES

Add Alice and Bob as read proxies for Joe and display the list of Joe's proxies:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --add-read-proxy users:alice --add-read-proxy users:bob --list-proxies users:joe"

Add a group of room admins as write proxy for a couple of rooms:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --add-write-proxy groups:room-admins locations:bigroom locations:littleroom"

Turn on auto-scheduling for a resource, and confirm the setting:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --set-auto-schedule true --get-auto-schedule resources:projector"

Search for all principals named Joe:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --search joe"

Add a location:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --add locations 'Example Office' office1"

Add a resource:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --add resources 'Example Projector' proj1"

List all resource:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --list-principals resources"

Remove a resource:

"calendarserver_manage_principals --remove resources:proj1"

FILES

/etc/caldavd/caldavd.plist
The Calendar Server configuration file.