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 john@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@example.com.

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

       userdb: john@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@example.net
       jane.doe@example.net
       judy.roe@example.net
       john.doe@example.net

REPORTING BUGS

       Report   bugs,   including   doveconf   -n   output,   to   the   Dovecot   Mailing   List
       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.     Information    about    reporting   bugs   is   available   at:
       http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO

       doveadm(1)