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B.6. Example: User Attempting to Invite "Attendee" on Behalf of

"Organizer"

In the following example, Cyrus attempts to create, on behalf of Wilfredo, an event with Bernard specified as an "Attendee". The request fails, since Wilfredo didn't grant Cyrus the right to invite other calendar users on his behalf.

>> Request <<

PUT /home/wilfredo/calendars/work/def456.ics HTTP/1.1 Host: cal.example.com Content-Type: text/calendar; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: xxxx If-None-Match: *

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Example Corp.//CalDAV Client//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:3504F926D3AD
SEQUENCE:0
DTSTAMP:20090602T190221Z
DTSTART:20090602T230000Z
DTEND:20090603T000000Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SUMMARY:Dinner
ORGANIZER;CN="Wilfredo Sanchez Vega":mailto:wilfredo@example.com
ATTENDEE;CN="Wilfredo Sanchez Vega";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;PARTSTAT=A
 CCEPTED:mailto:wilfredo@example.com
ATTENDEE;CN="Bernard Desruisseaux";CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;PARTSTAT=NE
 EDS-ACTION;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:bernard@exampl
 e.net
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

>> Response <<

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Content-Type: application/xml; charset="utf-8" Content-Length: xxxx

/home/wilfredo/calendars/outbox/

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