XMPP Instant Messaging - Group Rosters

Revision as of 18:38, 3 March 2010 by Heureso (talk | contribs)

NOTE: Okay, so this doesn't actually appear to work on my (original poster) server. It seems like it should, but it doesn't. If anyone has suggestions on how to make it work, please share! -Jeremy.

As of ZCS 6.0, it's not possible to create group rosters (where the IM Buddy List is pre-populated with all the members of a group) through the admin web interface. This functionality is slated for ZCS 7.0. However, it is possible to do so via the IM SOAP API.

The following bash script, which should be run from the CLI as the zimbra user, will reciprocally add all members of a Distribution List (defined in the admin web interface). It's not elegant, but it works.

#!/bin/bash

if [ "$#" == "1" ]
then

    members=$(zmsoap --type admin --verbose --zadmin \
              GetDistributionListRequest/dl="$1" @by="name" | \
              grep dlm | sed -e 's/.*<dlm>\(.*\)<\/dlm>/\1/g')

    for member in $members
    do
        for target in $members
        do
            if [ $member != $target ]
            then
                uname=$(zmmailbox -z -m $target gid -v | \
                        grep zimbraPrefFromDisplay | \
                        sed -e 's/.*: "\(.*\)",/\1/')
                zmsoap --type im --verbose --zadmin \
                --mailbox $member IMSubscribeRequest \
                @addr=$target @name="$uname" @op="add"

                zmsoap --type im --verbose --zadmin \
                --mailbox $target IMAuthorizeSubscribeRequest \
                @addr=$member @authorized="true"
            fi
        done
    done

else
    echo "$0 usage: $0 group@zimbra.domain.edu"
fi


Verified Against: ZCS 6.0 Date Created: 1/15/1010
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=XMPP_Instant_Messaging_-_Group_Rosters Date Modified: 2010-03-03



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