NAME

       doveadm-log - Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [-Dv] log errors [-s min_timestamp]
       doveadm [-Dv] log find [directory]
       doveadm [-Dv] log reopen
       doveadm [-Dv] log test

DESCRIPTION

       The  doveadm  log commands are used to locate and reopen the log files of dovecot(1).  It's also possible
       to test the configured targets of the *log_path settings.

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.

COMMANDS

   log errors
       doveadm log errors [-s min_timestamp]

       The log errors command is used to show the last  - up to 1,000 - errors and warnings.  If  no  output  is
       generated, no errors have occurred since the last start.

       -s min_timestamp
              An  integer  value,  representing  seconds since the epoch - also known as Unix timestamp.  When a
              min_timestamp was given, doveadm(1) will only show errors occurred since that point in time.

   log find
       doveadm log find [directory]

       The log find command is used to show the location of the log files, to which  dovecot(1)  sends  its  log
       messages.   If  dovecot(1)  logs  its  messages  through syslogd(8) and doveadm(1) could not find any log
       files, you can specify the directory where your syslogd writes its log files.

   log reopen
       doveadm log reopen

       This command causes doveadm to reopen all log  files,  configured  in  the  log_path,  info_log_path  and
       debug_log_path settings.  These settings are configured in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf.
       This is for example useful after manually rotating the log files.

   log test
       doveadm log test

       This  command  causes  doveadm  to  write the message "This is Dovecot's priority log (timestamp)" to the
       configured log files.  The used priorities are: debug, info, warning, error and fatal.

EXAMPLE

       This example shows how to locate the log files used by dovecot(1).

       doveadm log find
       Looking for log files from /var/log
       Debug: /var/log/dovecot.debug
       Info: /var/log/mail.log
       Warning: /var/log/mail.log
       Error: /var/log/mail.log
       Fatal: /var/log/mail.log

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)