DOVEADM-USER(1)                              Dovecot                              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.

       -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 overrid‐
              den 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.  With‐
              out  -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 john AT example.com.  It's also possible to use '*' and '?' wildcards
              (e.g. -u *@example.org).

EXAMPLE
       Perform a user lookup for the users jane and john AT example.com.

       doveadm user jane john AT example.com
       userdb: jane
         uid       : 8001
         gid       : 8001
         home      : /home/jane
         mail      : sdbox:~/sdbox
         plugins   : sieve
         quota_rule: *:storage=150M

       userdb: john AT example.com
         home      : /srv/mail/8/70312/79832
         uid       : 79832
         gid       : 70312
         mail      : mdbox:~/mdbox

       The next example shows a user lookup, using wildcards.

       doveadm user *.?oe AT example.net
       jane.doe AT example.net
       judy.roe AT example.net
       john.doe AT example.net

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to  the  Dovecot  Mailing  List  <dovecot@dove‐
       cot.org>.   Information  about  reporting  bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugre‐
       port.html

SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1)



Dovecot v2.2                                2013-11-23                            DOVEADM-USER(1)