Section 1 · User commands

doveadm-exec.1

Package: dovecot

DOVEADM−EXEC

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ARGUMENTS
EXAMPLE
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO

NAME

doveadm−exec − easily execute commands from Dovecot’s libexec_dir

SYNOPSIS

doveadm [−Dv] exec binary [binary arguments]

DESCRIPTION

This command allows administrators and local users to simply execute commands from within libexec_dir. 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.

OPTIONS

Global doveadm(1) options:


	−D		Enables verbosity and debug messages.

**−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.


	−v		Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

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: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html