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 /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)

Dovecot v2.3                                       2013-11-23                                    DOVEADM-USER(1)