NAME

       cyr_deny - Cyrus IMAP documentation

       deny users access to Cyrus services

SYNOPSIS

          cyr_deny [ -C config-file ] [ -s services ] [ -m message ] user
          cyr_deny [ -C config-file ] -a user
          cyr_deny [ -C config-file ] -l

DESCRIPTION

       cyr_deny  is used to deny individual users access to Cyrus services.  The first synopsis denies user user
       access to Cyrus services, the second synopsis allows access again.  cyr_deny works by adding an entry  to
       the Cyrus user_deny.db database; the third synopsis lists the entries in the database.  The service names
       to be matched are those as used in cyrus.conf(5).

       cyr_deny reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C.

OPTIONS

       -C config-file
              Use the specified configuration file config-file rather than the default imapd.conf(5).

       -a, --allow
              Allow access to all services for user user (remove any entry from the deny database).

       -s services, --services=services
              Deny access only to the given services, which is a comma-separated list of wildcard patterns.  The
              default is "*" which denies access to all services.

       -m message, --message=message
              Provide  a  message  which  is  sent to the user to explain why access is being denied.  A default
              message is used if none is specified.

       -l, --list
              List the entries in the deny database.

EXAMPLES

       [NB: Examples needed]

HISTORY

       This command was introduced in version 3.0.

FILES

       /etc/imapd.conf, <configdirectory>/user_deny.db

SEE ALSO

       imapd.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       The Cyrus Team, Nic Bernstein (Onlight)

COPYRIGHT

       1993–2025, The Cyrus Team

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