Ubuntu Manpage: doveconf - Dovecot's configuration dumping utility

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NAME

       doveconf - Dovecot's configuration dumping utility

SYNOPSIS

       doveconf [-adnPNSx] [-c config-file] [-f filter] [-m module]
       doveconf [-n] [-c config-file] section_name ...
       doveconf [-h] [-c config-file] [-f filter] setting_name ...

DESCRIPTION

       doveconf  reads  and parses Dovecot's configuration files and converts them into a simpler format used by
       the rest of Dovecot. All standalone programs, such as dovecot(1) and dovecot-lda(1), will first get their
       settings by executing doveconf.

       For system administrators, doveconf is mainly useful for dumping the configuration in easy human readable
       output.

OPTIONS

-a Show all settings with their currently configured values.

-c config-file
read configuration from the given config-file. By default /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf will be used.

-d Show the setting's default value instead of the one currently configured.

-f filter
Show the matching configuration for the specified filter condition. The filter option string has
to be given as name=value pair. For multiple filter conditions the -f option can be supplied
multiple times.
Possible names for the filter are:

lname The local hostname, e.g. mail.example.com. This will only match hostnames which were
configured like:
local_name mail.example.com { # special settings }

local The server's hostname or IP address. This will also match hostnames which were configured
like:
local imap.example.net { # special settings }

protocol, service
The protocol, e.g. imap or pop3

remote The client's hostname or IP address.

-h Hide the setting's name, show only the setting's value.

-m module
Show only settings for the given module.
e.g. imap, imap-login, lmtp, pop3 or pop3-login

-n Show only settings with non-default values.

-N Show settings with non-default values and explicitly set default values.

-S Dump settings in simplified machine parsable/readable format.

-s Show also hidden settings. The hidden settings should not be changed normally.

-P Show passwords and other sensitive values.

-x Expand configuration variables (e.g. $mail_plugins ⇒ quota) and show file contents (from e.g.
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem).

section_name
Show only the current configuration of one or more specified sections.

setting_name
Show only the setting of one or more setting_name(s) with the currently configured value. You can
show a setting inside a section using '/' as the section separator, e.g. service/imap/executable.

EXAMPLE

       When Dovecot was configured to use different settings for some networks/subnets it is  possible  to  show
       which settings will be applied for a specific connection.

       doveconf -f local=10.0.0.110 -f remote=10.11.1.2 -f service=pop3 -n

       doveconf can be also used to convert v1.x configuration files into v2.x format.

       doveconf -n -c /oldpath/dovecot.conf > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf.new

       This  example shows how to ask doveconf for a global setting and a protocol specific setting.  The second
       command uses also the -h option, in order to hide the setting's name.

       doveconf mail_plugins
       mail_plugins = quota
       doveconf  -h -f protocol=imap mail_plugins
       quota imap_quota

       This example demonstrates how to dump a whole configuration section.

       doveconf dict
       dict {
         quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
       }

       Or how to dump only the quota dict:

       doveconf dict/quota
       dict/quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext

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