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NAME

doveconf - Dovecot's configuration dumping utility

SYNOPSIS

doveconf [-adnPNUx] [-c config-file] [-f filter]

doveconf [-n] [-c config-file] section_name ...

doveconf [-h] [-c config-file] [-f filter] setting_name ...

DESCRIPTION

doveconf reads and parses Dovecot's configuration files and converts them into a simpler format used by the rest of Dovecot.

All standalone programs, such as dovecot(1), will first get their settings by executing doveconf, unless they can get the settings by connecting to the config UNIX socket.

For system administrators, doveconf is mainly useful for dumping the configuration in easy human readable output.

OPTIONS

-a

Show all settings with their currently configured values.

-c config-file

Read configuration from the given config-file. By default /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf will be used.

-d

Show the setting's default value instead of the one currently configured.

-f filter

Show the matching configuration for the specified filter condition. The filter option string has to be given as name = value pair. For multiple filter conditions the -f option can be supplied multiple times.

Possible names for the filter are:

protocol : The protocol, e.g. imap or pop3

local_name : The local hostname for TLS SNI matching, e.g. mail.example.com.

This matches filters which were configured like:

local_name mail.example.com { # special settings }

local : The local hostname or IP address.

This matches filters which were configured like:

local 1.2.3.0/24 { # special settings }

remote : The client's hostname or IP address.

This matches filters which were configured like:

remote 1.2.3.0/24 { # special settings }

-h

Hide the setting's name, show only the setting's value.

-n

Show only settings with non-default values. This is the default behavior when no other parameters are given.

-N

Show settings with non-default values and explicitly set default values.

-s

Show also hidden settings. The hidden settings should not be changed normally.

-P

Show passwords and other sensitive values.

-U

Ignore all unknown settings in config file.

-x

Expand configuration variables (e.g. $ENV:foo) and show file contents (from e.g. ssl_server_key_password = \</etc/ssl/password.txt).

section_name

Show only the current configuration of one or more specified sections.

setting_name

Show only the setting of one or more setting_name (s) with the

currently configured value. You can show a setting inside a section

using '/' as the section separator, e.g. service/imap/executable.

EXAMPLE

When Dovecot was configured to use different settings for some networks/subnets it is possible to show which settings will be applied for a specific connection.

doveconf -f local=10.0.0.110 -f remote=10.11.1.2 -f protocol=pop3 -n

doveconf can be also used to convert v1.x configuration files into v2.x format.

doveconf -n -c /oldpath/dovecot.conf > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf.new

Ask doveconf for a global setting:

doveconf mail_plugins

mail_plugins = quota

Ask doveconf for a protocol specific setting. Uses the -h option, in order to hide the setting's name:

doveconf -h -f protocol=imap login_greeting

Dovecot ready.

Dump a whole configuration section:

doveconf service

service imap {


  ...
}
service pop3 {


  ...
}

Or dump only the imap service:

doveconf service/imap

service imap {


  ...
}

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

SEE ALSO

doveadm(1)

March 2025 78ffb79