NAME

       doveadm-exec - Easily execute commands from Dovecot's libexec directory.

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] exec binary [binary arguments]

DESCRIPTION

       This   command   allows   administrators   and  local  users  to  simply  execute  commands  from  within
       /usr/libexec/dovecot. 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.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1)

       -D

           Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -O

           Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The dovecot_storage_version setting defaults  to  the
           latest version, but can be overridden with

       -k

           Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just import_environment setting.

       -v

           Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

       -i instance-name

           If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on this instance name.

           See instance_name setting for more information.

       -c config-file

           Read  configuration  from  the  given  config-file. By default it first reads config socket, and then
           falls back to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. You can also point this to config socket  of  some  instance
           running compatible version.

       -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.

ARGUMENTS

       binary

           the name of an executable located in /usr/libexec/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: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

       SEE ALSO

       doveadm(1)

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