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DOVEADM-EXEC(1)                     Dovecot                    DOVEADM-EXEC(1)
NAME
       doveadm-exec  -  Easily  execute commands from Dovecot's libexec direc-
       tory.
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_stor-
           age_version  setting  defaults  to  the  latest version, but can be
           overridden with
       -k
           Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not  just  import_environ-
           ment 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/dove-
           cot.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 mul-
           tiple 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 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: https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
       SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1)
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