doveadm-exec¶
NAME¶
doveadm-exec - Easily execute commands from Dovecot’s libexec directory.
SYNOPSIS¶
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] exec binary [binary arguments]
DESCRIPTION¶
This command allows administrators and local users to simply execute commands from within /usr/libexec/dovecot. So for example a logged in system user could start a pre-authenticated imap session, using the command: doveadm exec imap. An administrator would use the command doveadm exec imap -u username.
GLOBAL OPTIONS¶
Global doveadm(1) options:
- -D
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
- -O
Do not read any config file, just use defaults.
- -k
Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just
import_environment
.- -v
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
- -i instance-name
If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name. See
instance_name
setting for more information.- -c config-file
Read configuration from the given config-file. By default it first reads config socket, and then falls back to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. You can also point this to config socket of some instance running compatible version.
- -o setting=value
Overrides the configuration setting from /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf and from the userdb with the given value. In order to override multiple settings, the -o option may be specified multiple times.
ARGUMENTS¶
- binary
the name of an executable located in /usr/libexec/dovecot.
- binary arguments
options and arguments, which will be passed through to the binary.
EXAMPLE¶
This example demonstrates how to deliver a message from a file to a user’s mailbox.
doveadm exec dovecot-lda -d user@example.net -f admin@example.net < ~/stuff/welcome.msg
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available at: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html