Does searching in this addressbook work?

I wonder how this should work. I do not have any contacts in my adressbook, because the contacts were never synced.
Anyway I just tried that: nothing is happening.

I asked, because the only addressbooks we use the read only flag on, are the global addressbooks from SOGo.
The global addressbooks can not be downloaded!
But you can search in them.
They are shown in Thunderbird with a globe and lock instead of an addressbook symbol.

But this applies to SOGo as backend.
I don't know if owncloud supports searching via CardDAV at all.

I can reproduce the issue also with the latest Connector version 24.0.6.

My setup:

• Win7
• Thunderbird 31.0
• Sogo Connector 24.0.6
• OwnCloud Server 7.0.0

I have the same problem, and from a long time ago yet (always, as far as I can remember !?). Didn't had time to search for a solution...

My configuration is slightly different :
-Linux (LMDE, Ubuntu XX.XX, debian...) and Windows (XP, 7) clients;
-Thunderbird (up to 31.0);
-Sogo Connector (up to 24.0.6);
-eGroupware server (up to 1.8.006) with Groupdav module installed.

Tested and reproduced on many different servers and clients.

If I choose "read only" at setup, nothing is imported. The address book is shown with a globe icon as described by archer2000.

'prefs.js' is very different for read-only and read-write addressbooks :

// READ-WRITE ENTRIES
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.TESTReadWrite_MailList3.key", "C6513F32-5450-0001-477A-C68085218260.vlf");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.TESTReadWrite_MailList3.version", "\"7397:1\"");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.ctag", "1411649747");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.notifications", "true");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.notificationsManual", "true");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.notificationsNotEmpty", "true");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.notificationsSave", "false");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.notificationsStart", "true");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.periodicSync", "true");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.periodicSyncInterval", "120");
user_pref("extensions.ca.inverse.addressbook.groupdav.ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.url", "http://www.myserver.tld/egroupware/groupdav.php/Group1/addressbook");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.description", "read-write");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.dirType", 2);
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.TESTReadWrite.filename", "abook-1.mab");

// READ-ONLY ENTRIES
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.TESTReadOnly.description", "read-only");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.TESTReadOnly.filename", "ldap.mab");
user_pref("ldap_2.servers.TESTReadOnly.uri", "carddav://www.myserver.tld/egroupware/groupdav.php/Group2/addressbook/");

//
user_pref("pref.ldap.disable_button.edit_directories", false);

Thunderbird give some messages :

1-At TB opening and before opening the addressbook (not sure everything is sogo related...):

(process:12334): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed

(process:12334): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed
[calBackendLoader] Using libical backend at /home/me/.thunderbird/my.profile/extensions/{e2fda1a4-762b-4020-b5ad-a41df1933103}/components/libical.manifest
Warning: Use of getPrefSafe() is deprecated and will be removed with the next release. Use Preferences.get() instead.
1: [chrome://calendar/content/calUtils.js:465] getPrefSafe
2: [chrome://calendaryearview/content/calendar-year-view.xml:557] calendar-year-base-view_XBL_Constructor
3: [null:0] null

CardDAVDirectoryFactory.js: getDirectories
aDirName: TESTReadOnly
aURI: carddav://www.myserver.tld/egroupware/groupdav.php/Group2/addressbook/
aPrefId: ldap_2.servers.TESTReadOnly

2-When opening the addressbook :

CardDAVDirectory.js: NO INTERFACE: {744072be-1ba0-46bc-af24-46e22567a2ea}
CardDAVDirectory.js: NO INTERFACE: {90dde295-e354-4d58-add8-f9b29a95942d}
CardDAVDirectory.js: NO INTERFACE: {744072be-1ba0-46bc-af24-46e22567a2ea}
CardDAVDirectory.js: NO INTERFACE: {90dde295-e354-4d58-add8-f9b29a95942d}
CardDAVDirectory.js: NO INTERFACE: {744072be-1ba0-46bc-af24-46e22567a2ea}
CardDAVDirectory.js: NO INTERFACE: {90dde295-e354-4d58-add8-f9b29a95942d}

I don't have traces of 744072... nor 90dde... in prefs.js (and I didn't search in other files)

Cheers.

P.S. : Note that you can't change read-only mode after setup.

I want to use a read-only addressbook from ownCloud in Thunderbird and have the same issues reported here.

Tested on Windows 7 with:
Thunderbird 31.6.0
SoGo Connector 31.0.1
ownCloud 7.0.4

Duplicate 2929 seems not to have solved this problem.

Are there any plans to work on this issue?
Are there any workarounds to make read-only addressbooks available?
Can I support with additional infos?

Same issue here with own server (Ubuntu 14.04.2 Radicale), both Win and Ubuntu clients.
Read only does not sync on client - 0 addresses in addressbook.

Still happens with Sogo connector 31.0.1, Thunderbird 38.3.0 and ownCloud 8.1.3

Hello.
There's a plan to solve this issue?
THanks

I've just tested the Inverse SOGo Connector 31.0.5 with Thunderbird 52.3.0 against a Nextcloud 12.0.3 server and the problem still persists. Read-only address books are still not synchronized.