doveadm-dict1
Commands related to dictionary manipulation
Usage
doveadm [GLOBAL
OPTIONS]
dict
command
[-u
user]
[OPTIONS]
config-filter-name
[args]
doveadm [GLOBAL
OPTIONS]
mail
dict
command
[OPTIONS]
config-filter-name
[args]
Overview
doveadm dict and doveadm mail dict can be used to query and modify dictionary entries.
The doveadm mail dict command can be used within a specific user context. This may be useful if e.g. userdb lookup returns user-specific dict settings. Otherwise the commands behave identically.
config-filter-name
Filter name to use when looking up the dict settings. For example mail_attribute, quota_clone. It's also possible to use an empty filter name and specify the dict settings using the -o parameters.
Options
Global doveadm(1) options:
-
-D -
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-
-O -
Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The
dovecot_storage_versionsetting defaults to the latest version, but can be overridden with-o.
-
-k -
Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just
import_environmentsetting.
-
-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_namesetting 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
-ooption may be specified multiple times.
-
-f formatter -
Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported formatters are:
flowprints each line with key=value pairs.
jsonprints a JSON array of JSON objects.
pagerprints each key: value pair on its own line and separates records with form feed character (^L).
tabprints a table header followed by tab separated value lines.
tableprints a table header followed by adjusted value lines.
Options
doveadm dict command-specific options:
-
-u user -
The user to use.
doveadm mail dict command-specific options:
-
-A -
If the
-Aoption is present, the command will be performed for all users. Using this option in combination with system users from userdb { driver = passwd } is not recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one configured with thefirst_valid_uidsetting.When the SQL userdb module is used, make sure that the
userdb_sql_iterate_querysetting setting matches your database layout.When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the
userdb_fieldssetting anduserdb_ldap_iterate_fieldssetting settings match your LDAP schema. Otherwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users.
-
-F file -
Execute the command for all the users in the file. This is similar to the
-Aoption, but instead of getting the list of users from the userdb, they are read from the given file. The file contains one username per line.
-
-S socket_path -
The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket.
This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands through the given socket.
-
-u user/mask -
Run the command only for the given user. It's also possible to use '*' and '?' wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org).
Commands
get
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] dict get [-u user] config-filter-name key
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] mail dict get [-A | -u user | -F file] [-S socket_path] config-filter-name key
Fetch a key from a dictionary.
key
The key to fetch.
iter
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] dict iter [-u user] [-1RV] config-filter-name prefix
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] mail dict iter [-A | -u user | -F file] [-S socket_path] [-1RV] config-filter-name prefix
Find the keys matching the a prefix in a dictionary.
-
-1 -
Exact match.
-
-R -
Recurse.
-
-V -
Don't print values, just key names
prefix
The key prefix to look for.
List keys into the dictionary.
inc
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] dict inc [-u user] [-t timestamp-msecs] config-filter-name key diff
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] mail dict inc [-A | -u user | -F file] [-S socket_path] [-t timestamp-msecs] config-filter-name key diff
Increment the value of a numeric key in the keys into the dictionary.
-
-t timestamp-msecs -
Set the timestamp also.
key
The key to increment.
diff
The amount of the increment.
set
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] dict set [-u user] [-t timestamp-msecs] [-e expire-secs] config-filter-name key value
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] mail dict set [-A | -u user | -F file] [-S socket_path] [-t timestamp-msecs] [-e expire-secs] config-filter-name key value
Set/create keys into the dictionary.
-
-t timestamp-msecs -
Set the timestamp also.
-
-e expire-secs -
Set the key duration also.
key
The key to set.
value
The value to set.
unset
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] dict unset [-u user] [-t timestamp-msecs] config-filter-name key
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] mail dict unset [-A | -u user | -F file] [-S socket_path] [-t timestamp-msecs] config-filter-name key
Remove a key from the dictionary.
-
-t timestamp-msecs -
Set the timestamp also.
key
The key to unset.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.