Cyrus::IMAP::Shell - Perl version of cyradm

Author

       Brandon S. Allbery, allbery@ece.cmu.edu

Command-Line Arguments

       "--u", "--user" user
           Authenticate with the specified username.

       "--authz" user
           Authorize the connection as being the specified username.

       "--norc", "--rc"
           (Do not) load the configuration files.

       "--systemrc" file
           Use the system configuration file specified.

       "--userrc" file
           Use the user configuration file specified.

       "--port" port
           Connect to the *server* specified on the port specified.

       "--auth" mechanism
           Use the mechanism specified to authenticate. One of PLAIN, LOGIN, DIGEST-MD5, etc.

       "--help"
           Show a help message about these command-line options.

       "--version"
           Display the version of Cyrus IMAP the current ``cyradm`` command is a part of.

       "--server" server
           The server address to connect to.

Commands

authenticateauthenticate ["--minssf" N] ["--maxssf" N] ["--mechanisms" list] ["--service" name] ["--tlskey" keyfile]
["--notls"] ["--cafile" cacertfile] ["--capath" cacertdir] user

Authenticate to server. You must already be connected to a server and Cyrus imapd will refuse to allow
you to re-authenticate once you have authenticated once.

aliases: "auth", "login"

chdirchdirdirectory

Change directory. A "pwd" builtin is not provided, but the default command action will run "pwd" from a
shell if invoked.

aliases: "cd"

createmailboxcreatemailbox ["--partition" partition] ["--specialuse" specialuse] mailboxcreatemailbox ["--specialuse" specialuse] mailboxpartition

Create a mailbox on the default or a specified partition. Both old-style and getopt-style usages are
accepted (combining them will produce an error). Optionally assign a special use to the mailbox.

New mailboxes inherit the ACL permissions of their parent mailbox, except for top-level mailboxes such as
the user's INBOX. Mailboxes that are the user's INBOX are assigned all to the corresponding user.

Example Usage
localhost> :command:`cm user.john`
localhost> :command:`lm`
user.john (\HasNoChildren)
localhost> :command:`lam user.john`
john lrswipkxtecda

Note that in the above example, the "unixhierarchysep" setting in imapd.conf is set to 0. When using
the UNIX hierarchy separator, the "/" (forward slash) character would be used as the hierarchy
separator, and the example would look as follows:

Example Usage with "unixhierarchysep: 1"
localhost> :command:`cm user/john`
localhost> :command:`lm`
user/john (\HasNoChildren)
localhost> :command:`lam user/john`
john lrswipkxtecda

Note
The above examples use the unqualified, shorthand user identifier john as the mailbox name.

With the use of virtual domains, controlled through the "virtdomains" setting in imapd.conf(5).

aliases: "cm", "create"

deleteaclmailboxdeleteaclmailboxmailboxid [...]

Remove ACLs from the specified mailbox.

aliases: "delteacl", "dam"

deletemailboxdeletemailboxmailbox

Delete the specified mailbox.

Administrators do not have implicit delete rights on mailboxes. Use the "setaclmailbox" command to grant
the "x" permission to your principal if you need to delete a mailbox you do not own.

aliases: "delete", "dm"

disconnectdisconnect

Disconnect from the current server. The prompt will revert to "cyradm>". This does not quit cyradm.

aliases: "disc"

exitexit [number]

Exit "cyradm", optionally with a specific exit status; the exit status of the last command will be used
if one is not specified.

aliases: "quit"

helphelp [command]

Show help for "command" or all commands.

aliases: "?"

getmetadatagetmetadata [mailbox]

Display mailbox/server metadata

aliases: "getmd"

infoinfo [mailbox]

Display the mailbox/server annotations.

listaclmailboxlistaclmailboxmailbox

List ACLs on the specified mailbox.

aliases: "lam", "listacl"

listmailboxlistmailbox ["--subscribed"] ["--specialuse"] [pattern [reference]]

List all, or all subscribed or special-use, mailboxes matching the specified pattern. The pattern may
have embedded wildcards '*' or '%', which match anything or anything except the separator character,
respectively.

Mailboxes returned will be relative to the specified reference if one is specified. This allows a
mailbox list to be limited to a particular hierarchy.

In some cases when the '%' wildcard is used to end a pattern, it may match an entry which is not a
mailbox but which contains other mailboxes. In this case, the entry will be parenthesized to indicate
that it is a root for other mailboxes, as opposed to a mailbox itself.

aliases: "list", "lm"

listquotalistquotaroot

List quotas on specified root. If the specified mailbox path does not have a quota assigned, an error
will be raised; see "listquotaroot" for a way to find the quota root for a mailbox.

aliases: "lq"

listquotarootlistquotarootmailbox

Show quota roots and quotas for mailbox

aliases: "lqm", "lqr"

mboxconfigmboxconfig ["--private"] mailboxattributevalue

Set mailbox metadata, optionally set the private instead of the shared version of the metadata. A value
of "none" will remove the attribute.

The currently supported attributes are:

"comment" description
Sets a comment or description associated with the mailbox.

"expire" days
Sets the number of days after which messages will be expired from the mailbox.

"news2mail" address
Sets an email address to which messages injected into the server via NNTP will be sent.

"pop3showafter" time
Sets a time (in RFC3501 format, for example "6-Jan-2011 11:45:32 +1100") which specifies a cutoff
date such that POP3 fetching of the folder does not see messages whose internaldate is before or
equal to the date.

"sharedseen" true|false
Enables the use of a shared \Seen flag on messages rather than a per-user \Seen flag. The 's' right
in the mailbox ACL still controls whether a user can set the shared \Seen flag.

"sieve" scriptname
Indicates the name of the global sieve script that should be run when a message is delivered to the
shared mailbox (not used for personal mailboxes).

"squat" true|false
Indicates that the mailbox should have a squat index created for it.

aliases: "mboxcfg"

reconstructreconstruct ["-r"] mailbox

Reconstruct the specified mailbox, optionally recursing and reconstructing child mailboxes if the "-r"
flag is given.

For more information see reconstruct(8).

renamemailboxrenamemailbox ["--partition" partition] oldnamenewnamerenamemailboxoldnamenewname [partition]

Rename the specified mailbox, optionally moving it to a different partition. Both old-style and getopt-
style usages are accepted; combining them will produce an error.

aliases: "rename", "renm"

serverserverserver[--noauthenticate][server]

With no arguments, show the current server. With an argument, connect to that server. It will prompt
for automatic login unless the "--noauthenticate" option is specified. (This may change; in particular,
either automatic authentication will be removed or all "authenticate" options will be added.)

When connected to a server, cyradm's prompt changes from "cyradm>" to "servername>", where servername is
the fully qualified domain name of the connected server.

aliases: "connect", "servername"

setaclmailboxsetaclmailboxmailboxidrights [idrights ...]

Set ACLs on a mailbox. The ACL may be one of the special strings "none", "read" ("lrs"), "post"
("lrsp"), "append" ("lrsip"), "write" ("lrswipkxte"), "delete" ("lrxte"), or "all" ("lrswipkxte"), or any
combinations of the ACL codes:

l Lookup (mailbox is visible to LIST/LSUB, SUBSCRIBE mailbox)

r Read (SELECT/EXAMINE the mailbox, perform STATUS)

s Seen (set/clear \SEEN flag via STORE, also set \SEEN flag during APPEND/COPY/FETCH BODY[...])

w Write flags other than \SEEN and \DELETED

i Insert (APPEND, COPY destination)

p Post (send mail to mailbox)

k Create mailbox (CREATE new sub-mailboxes, parent for new mailbox in RENAME)

x Delete mailbox (DELETE mailbox, old mailbox name in RENAME)

t Delete messages (set/clear \DELETED flag via STORE, also set \DELETED flag during APPEND/COPY)

e Perform EXPUNGE and expunge as part of CLOSE

a Administer (SETACL/DELETEACL/GETACL/LISTRIGHTS)

aliases: "setacl", "sam"

setinfosetinfoattributevalue

Set server metadata. A value of "none" will remove the attribute. The currently supported attributes
are:

"motd" message
Sets a "message of the day". The message gets displayed as an ALERT upon connection.

"comment" note
Sets a comment or description associated with the server.

"admin" address
Sets the administrator email address for the server.

"shutdown" message
Sets a shutdown message. The message gets displayed as an ALERT and all users are disconnected from
the server (subsequent logins are disallowed).

"expire" days
Sets the number of days after which messages will be expired from the server (unless overridden by a
mailbox annotation).

"squat" true|false
Indicates that all mailboxes should have a squat indexes created for them (unless overridden by a
mailbox annotation).

setmetadatasetmetadata [--private] mailbox [annotation] value

Note that value with a leading backslash must be escaped with an additional backslash. For example:

setmetadata --private Spam specialuse "\\Junk"

Note, too, that "private" annotations are private to the user currently authenticated as, not necessarily
the owner of the mailbox. To set annotations for another user you must authorize as that user.

In addition to the use of optional flag --private, one may use a more explicit syntax, prefixing the
annotation with '/shared/' or '/private/' as in this example:

setmetadata Spam /private/specialuse "\\Junk"

aliases: "setmd"

setquotasetquotarootresourcevalue [resourcevalue ...]

Set a quota on the specified root, which may or may not be an actual mailbox. The resources understood by
Cyrus are "STORAGE", "MESSAGE", "X-NUM-FOLDERS" and "X-ANNOTATION-STORAGE". The storage units are, as
defined in RFC 2087, groups of 1024 octets (i.e. Kilobytes). The value may be the special string "none"
which will remove the quota.

aliases: "sq"

subscribesubscribemailbox

Subscribe to the given mailbox.

unsubscribeunsubscribemailbox

Unsubscribe to the given mailbox.

versionversion

Display the version info of the current server.

aliases: "ver"

xfermailboxxfermailbox ["--partition" partition] mailboxserverxfermailboxmailboxserver [partition]

Transfer (relocate) the specified mailbox to a different server. Both old-style and getopt-style usages
are accepted; combining them will produce an error.

aliases: "xfer"

Description

       This module implements cyradm in Perl.  It is a shell around Cyrus::IMAP::Admin.  Commands are provided
       in both Tcl-compatible forms and GNU-style long option forms.

       The ``cyradm`` utility is a simple command line for performing common administrative tasks on a Cyrus
       IMAP server, written in Perl.

       The cyradm utility can either be executed from a client where it has been installed and connect to the
       server via IMAP or it can be executed locally via a shell on the server.

       cyradm understands /bin/sh-style redirection: any command can have its standard or error output
       redirected, with all sh-style redirections (except \<\>) supported. It does not currently understand
       pipes or backgrounding.

       If the Term::Readline::Perl or Term::Readline::GNU modules are available, cyradm will use it.

Name

       Cyrus::IMAP::Shell - Perl version of cyradm

Notes

       GNU-style long options must be given in their entirety; Tcl-style options may be abbreviated.

       Tcl-style options are provided as a compatibility feature.  They will probably go away in the future.

       Multiple commands can be given on a line, separated by ';' characters.

       All commands set an exit status, which at present is not useful.

       Unknown commands are passed to a subshell for execution.

       The Tcl version of cyradm is used for scripting as well as interactively.  While this is  possible  to  a
       limited  extent  by  use of the "run" method, scripting would normally be done with "Cyrus::IMAP::Admin",
       which is far more flexible than either interactive "cyradm" or the Tcl scripting mechanism for Cyrus.

       cyradm understands /bin/sh-style redirection:   any  command  can  have  its  standard  or  error  output
       redirected,  with  all  sh-style  redirections (except "<>") supported.  It does not currently understand
       pipes or backgrounding.

       If the "Term::Readline::Perl" or "Term::Readline::GNU" modules are available, cyradm will use it.

       An alias facility is implemented internally, but no access  is  currently  provided  to  it.   This  will
       change,  if only to allow some of the predefined aliases to be removed if they conflict with useful shell
       commands.

Synopsis

         $ cyradm [--user authid] [--authz authzid] [--[no]rc] [--systemrc file] [--userrc file] \
         > [--port n] [--auth mechanism] [--server] server

       but possibly

         $ perl -MCyrus::IMAP::Shell -e 'run("myscript")'

       or even (not recommended)

         use Cyrus::IMAP::Admin::Shell;

         run('myscriptname');