doveadm-exec - Man Page
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)
- -D
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
- -O
Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The dovecot_storage_version setting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with
- -k
Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just import_environment setting.
- -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
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