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6 doveconf - Dovecot's configuration dumping utility
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9 doveconf [-adnPNSx] [-c config-file] [-f filter] [-m module]
10 doveconf [-n] [-c config-file] section_name ...
11 doveconf [-h] [-c config-file] [-f filter] setting_name ...
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14 doveconf reads and parses Dovecot's configuration files and converts
15 them into a simpler format used by the rest of Dovecot. All standalone
16 programs, such as dovecot(1) and dovecot-lda(1), will first get their
17 settings by executing doveconf.
18 For system administrators, doveconf is mainly useful for dumping the
20 configuration in easy human readable output.
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23 -a Show all settings with their currently configured values.
24 -c config-file
26 read configuration from the given config-file. By default
27 /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf will be used.
28 -d Show the setting's default value instead of the one currently
30 configured.
31 -f filter
33 Show the matching configuration for the specified filter condi‐
34 tion. The filter option string has to be given as name=value
35 pair. For multiple filter conditions the -f option can be sup‐
36 plied multiple times.
37 Possible names for the filter are:
38 lname The local hostname, e.g. mail.example.com. This will
40 only match hostnames which were configured like:
41 local_name mail.example.com { # special settings }
42 local The server's hostname or IP address. This will also
44 match hostnames which were configured like:
45 local imap.example.net { # special settings }
46 protocol, service
48 The protocol, e.g. imap or pop3
49 remote The client's hostname or IP address.
51 -h Hide the setting's name, show only the setting's value.
53 -m module
55 Show only settings for the given module.
56 e.g. imap, imap-login, lmtp, pop3 or pop3-login
57 -n Show only settings with non-default values.
59 -N Show settings with non-default values and explicitly set default
61 values.
62 -S Dump settings in simplified machine parsable/readable format.
64 -P/
67 Show passwords and other sensitive values.
68 -x Expand configuration variables (e.g. $mail_plugins ⇒
70 quota) and show file contents (from e.g. ssl_cert =
71 </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem).
72 section_name
74 Show only the current configuration of one or more speci‐
75 fied sections.
76 setting_name
78 Show only the setting of one or more setting_name(s) with
79 the currently configured value. You can show a setting
80 inside a section using '/' as the section separator, e.g.
81 service/imap/executable.
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84 When Dovecot was configured to use different settings for some
85 networks/subnets it is possible to show which settings will be
86 applied for a specific connection.
87 doveconf -f local=10.0.0.110 -f remote=10.11.1.2 -f service=pop3 -n
89 doveconf can be also used to convert v1.x configuration files
91 into v2.x format.
92 doveconf -n -c /oldpath/dovecot.conf > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf.new
94 This example shows how to ask doveconf for a global setting and
96 a protocol specific setting. The second command uses also the
97 -h option, in order to hide the setting's name.
98 doveconf mail_plugins
100 mail_plugins = quota
101 doveconf -h -f protocol=imap mail_plugins
102 quota imap_quota
103 This example demonstrates how to dump a whole configuration sec‐
105 tion.
106 doveconf dict
108 dict {
109 quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
110 }
111 Or how to dump only the quota dict:
113 doveconf dict/quota
115 dict/quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
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118 Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mail‐
119 ing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting
120 bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
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123 doveadm(1), dovecot(1), dovecot-lda(1), dsync(1)
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