doveadm-exec (1)

doveadm [-Dv] exec binary [binary arguments]

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: doveadm exec imap. An administrator would use the command: doveadm exec imap -u username.

Global doveadm(1) options:

-D

Enables verbosity and debug messages.

-v

Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

binary

the name of an executable located in /usr/lib/dovecot.

binary arguments

options and arguments, wich will be passed through to the binary.

This example demonstrates how to deliver a message from a file to a user's mailbox.

doveadm exec dovecot-lda -d [email protected] \(rs
-f [email protected] < \(ti/stuff/welcome.msg

Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <[email protected]>. Information about reporting bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

doveadm(1), dovecot-lda(1)