doveadm-exec - easily execute commands from Dovecot's libexec_dir
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Arguments
binary the name of an executable located in /usr/lib/dovecot.
binaryarguments
options and arguments, which will be passed through to the binary.
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:
doveadmexecimap. An administrator would use the command: doveadmexecimap-uusername.
Example
This example demonstrates how to deliver a message from a file to a user's mailbox.
doveadmexecdovecot-lda-duser@example.net\-fadmin@example.net<~/stuff/welcome.msgName
doveadm-exec - easily execute commands from Dovecot's libexec_dir
Options
Global doveadm(1) options:
-D Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-osetting=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.
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.htmlSee Also
doveadm(1), dovecot-lda(1) Dovecot v2.3 2013-08-05 DOVEADM-EXEC(1)
Synopsis
doveadm [-Dv] execbinary [binaryarguments]
