doveadm-acl(1)
NAME
doveadm-acl - Manage Access Control List (ACL)
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] acl command [OPTIONS] [ARGUMENTS]
DESCRIPTION
The doveadm acl COMMANDS can be used to execute various Access Control List related actions.
OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -f formatter Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported formatters are: flow prints each line with key=value pairs. pager prints each key: value pair on its own line and separates records with form feed character (^L). tab prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines. table prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines. -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. This command uses by default the output formatter table. Command specific options: -A If the -A option 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 the first_valid_uid setting. When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the iterate_query setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches your database layout. When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter settings in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext 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 -A option, 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). When neither the -A option, nor the -F file option, nor the -u user was specified, the command will be executed with the environment of the currently logged in user.
ARGUMENTS
id The id (identifier) is one of:
* group-override=group_name
* user=user_name
* owner
* group=group_name
* authenticated
* anyone (or anonymous, which is an alias for anyone)
The ACLs are processed in the precedence given above, so for
example if you have given read-access to a group, you can still
remove that from specific users inside the group.
Group-override identifier allows you to override users' ACLs.
Probably the most useful reason to do this is to temporarily
disable access for some users. For example:
user=timo rw
group-override=tempdisabled
Now if timo is a member of the tempdisabled group, he has no
access to the mailbox. This wouldn't be possible with a normal
group identifier, because the user=timo would override it.
mailbox
The name of the mailbox, for which the ACL manipulation should
be done. It's also possible to use the wildcard characters "*"
and/or "?" in the mailbox name.
right Dovecot ACL right name. This isn't the same as the IMAP ACL
letters, which aren't currently supported. Here is a mapping of
the IMAP ACL letters to Dovecot ACL names:
l lookup
Mailbox is visible in mailbox list. Mailbox can be
subscribed to.
r read
Mailbox can be opened for reading.
w write
Message flags and keywords can be changed, except
\Seen and \Deleted.
s write-seen
\Seen flag can be changed.
t write-deleted
\Deleted flag can be changed.
i insert
Messages can be written or copied to the mailbox.
p post
Messages can be posted to the mailbox by dovecot-lda,
e.g. from Sieve scripts.
e expunge
Messages can be expunged.
k create
Mailboxes can be created/renamed directly under this
mailbox (but not necessarily under its children, see
ACL Inheritance in the wiki).
Note: Renaming also requires the delete right.
x delete
Mailbox can be deleted.
a admin
Administration rights to the mailbox (currently:
ability to change ACLs for mailbox).
COMMANDS
acl add doveadm acl add [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox id right [right ...] Add ACL rights to the mailbox/id. If the id already exists, the existing rights are preserved. acl debug doveadm acl debug [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox This command can be used to debug why a shared mailbox isn't accessible to the user. It will list exactly what the problem is. acl delete doveadm acl delete [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox id Remove the whole ACL entry for the mailbox/id. acl get doveadm acl get [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] [-m] mailbox Show all the ACLs for the mailbox. acl recalc doveadm acl recalc [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] Make sure the user's shared mailboxes exist correctly in the acl_shared_dict. acl remove doveadm acl remove [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox id right [right ...] Remove the specified ACL rights from the mailbox/id. If all rights are removed, the entry still exists without any rights. acl rights doveadm acl rights [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox Show the user's current ACL rights for the mailbox. acl set doveadm acl set [-u user|-A|-F file] [-S socket_path] mailbox id right [right ...] Set ACL rights to the mailbox/id. If the id already exists, the existing rights are replaced.
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
SEE ALSO
doveadm(1), dovecot-lda(1) Additional resources: ACL Inheritance http://wiki2.dovecot.org/ACL#ACL_Inheritance
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