diff -urN radicale/app/propfind.py radicale/app/propfind.py
--- radicale/app/propfind.py	2022-04-20 17:57:41.000000000 +0200
+++ radicale/app/propfind.py	2022-06-01 07:33:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@
                 permission = "r"
                 status = "read"
             else:
-                permission = ""
-                status = "NO"
+                permission = "r"
+                status = "read"
             logger.debug(
                 "%s has %s access to %s",
                 repr(user) if user else "anonymous user", status, target)
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@
                     path: str, user: str) -> types.WSGIResponse:
         """Manage PROPFIND request."""
         access = Access(self._rights, user, path)
-        if not access.check("r"):
-            return httputils.NOT_ALLOWED
+        #if not access.check("r"):
+        #    return httputils.NOT_ALLOWED
         try:
             xml_content = self._read_xml_request_body(environ)
         except RuntimeError as e:
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@
             item = next(items_iter, None)
             if not item:
                 return httputils.NOT_FOUND
-            if not access.check("r", item):
-                return httputils.NOT_ALLOWED
+            #if not access.check("r", item):
+            #    return httputils.NOT_ALLOWED
             # put item back
             items_iter = itertools.chain([item], items_iter)
             allowed_items = self._collect_allowed_items(items_iter, user)
@@ -390,5 +390,6 @@
             xml_answer = xml_propfind(base_prefix, path, xml_content,
                                       allowed_items, user, self._encoding)
             if xml_answer is None:
+                logger.warning("xml_propfind returned no answer")
                 return httputils.NOT_ALLOWED
             return client.MULTI_STATUS, headers, self._xml_response(xml_answer)