doveadm-exec(1) easily execute commands from Dovecot's libexec_dir

SYNOPSIS

doveadm [-Dv] exec binary [binary arguments]

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

Global doveadm(1) options:
-D
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-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.
-v
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

ARGUMENTS

binary
the name of an executable located in /usr/lib/dovecot.
binary arguments
options and arguments, wich 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 [email protected] \
-f [email protected] < ~/stuff/welcome.msg

REPORTING BUGS

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