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/lib/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
