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 [AT] example.net \
-f admin [AT] example.net < ~/stuff/welcome.msg
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot [AT] dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html