doveadm-user(1)
NAME
doveadm-user - Perform a user lookup in Dovecot's userdbs
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] user [-a userdb_socket_path] [-f field] [-u] [-x auth_info] user ...
DESCRIPTION
The user command is used to perform a user lookup - to show what
information Dovecot sees about the user(s), or if it exists at all in
the configured userdb(s).
The auth_info may be useful when the userdb is for example a SQL
database and you are using %variables, like %s or %l, in the user_query
setting. Or when you have configured the userdb in a way like this:
userdb {
driver = passwd-file
args = /etc/%s.passwd
}
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. Command specific options: -a userdb_socket_path This option is used to specify an absolute path to an alternative UNIX domain socket. By default doveadm(1) will use the socket /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb. The socket may be located in another directory, when the default base_dir setting was overridden in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf. -f field When this option and the name of a userdb field is given, doveadm(1) will show only the value of the specified field. -u When this option is given, doveadm(1) will only show values from the userdb. Without -u parameter if any of the uid, gid, home or mail fields are missing, their defaults are taken from configuration file. -x auth_info auth_info specifies additional conditions for the user command. The auth_info option string has to be given as name=value pair. For multiple conditions the -x option could be supplied multiple times. Possible names for the auth_info are: service The service for which the userdb lookup should be tested. The value may be the name of a service, commonly used with Dovecot. For example: imap, pop3 or smtp. lip The local IP address (server) for the test. rip The remote IP address (client) for the test. lport The local port, e.g. 143 rport The remote port, e.g. 24567
ARGUMENTS
user Is a user's login name. Depending on the configuration, a login
name may be for example jane or [email protected]. It's also
possible to use '*' and '?' wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org).
EXAMPLE
Perform a user lookup for the users jane and [email protected]. doveadm user jane [email protected] userdb: jane uid : 8001 gid : 8001 home : /home/jane mail : sdbox:~/sdbox plugins : sieve quota_rule: *:storage=150M userdb: [email protected] home : /srv/mail/8/70312/79832 uid : 79832 gid : 70312 mail : mdbox:~/mdbox The next example shows a user lookup, using wildcards. doveadm user *.?[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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)
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