doveadm-log(1) [debian man page]
DOVEADM-LOG(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-LOG(1) NAME
doveadm-log - Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] log errors 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. -v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. COMMANDS
log errors doveadm log errors 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. 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 prior- ities 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 avail- able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html SEE ALSO
doveadm(1) Dovecot v2.1 2012-02-22 DOVEADM-LOG(1)
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DOVEADM(1) Dovecot DOVEADM(1) NAME
doveadm - Dovecot's administration utility SYNOPSIS
doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] command [command_options] [command_arguments] DESCRIPTION
doveadm is the Dovecot administration tool. It can be used to manage various parts of Dovecot, as well as access users' mailboxes. Execute doveadm help, for a command usage listing. OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -f formatter Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported formatters are: flow prints each line with key=value pairs. pager prints each key: value pair on its own line and separates records with form feed character (^L). tab prints a table header followed by tab separated value lines. table prints a table header followed by adjusted value lines. -v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. COMMANDS
These commands work directly with Dovecot's master process. reload doveadm reload Force dovecot(1) to reload the configuration. stop doveadm stop Stop dovecot(1) and all its child processes. ADDITIONAL MASTER COMMANDS doveadm director doveadm-director(1), Manage Dovecot directors (if used by proxy servers). doveadm instance doveadm-instance(1), Manage the list of running Dovecot instances. doveadm kick doveadm-kick(1), Disconnect users by user name and/or IP address. doveadm log doveadm-log(1), Locate, test or reopen Dovecot's log files. doveadm mount doveadm-mount(1), Manage the list of mountpoints where mails are stored. doveadm penalty doveadm-penalty(1), Show current penalties. doveadm who doveadm-who(1); Show who is logged in to the Dovecot server. AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS doveadm auth doveadm-auth(1), Test authentication for a user. doveadm pw doveadm-pw(1), Dovecot's password hash generator. doveadm user doveadm-user(1), Perform a user lookup in Dovecot's userdbs MAILBOX COMMANDS doveadm altmove doveadm-altmove(1), Move matching mails to the alternative storage. doveadm dump doveadm-dump(1), Dump the content of Dovecot's binary mailbox index/log. doveadm expunge doveadm-expunge(1), Expunge messages matching given search query. doveadm fetch doveadm-fetch(1), Fetch messages matching given search query. doveadm force-resync doveadm-force-resync(1), Repair broken mailboxes, in case Dovecot doesn't automatically do that. doveadm import doveadm-import(1), Import messages matching given search query. doveadm index doveadm-index(1), Index messages in a given mailbox. doveadm mailbox doveadm-mailbox(1), Various commands related to handling mailboxes. doveadm move doveadm-move(1) Move messages matching the given search query into another mailbox. doveadm purge doveadm-purge(1) Remove messages with refcount=0 from mdbox files. doveadm quota doveadm-quota(1), Initialize/recalculate or show current quota usage. doveadm search doveadm-search(1), Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs matching given search query. EXIT STATUS
doveadm will exit with one of the following values: 0 Selected command was executed successful. >0 Command failed in some way. ENVIRONMENT
USER This environment variable is used to determine the user if a command accepts a user but none was specified. FILES
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf Dovecot's main configuration file. /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf Mailbox locations and namespaces. /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-plugin.conf Plugin specific settings. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is avail- able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html SEE ALSO
doveadm-help(1), doveconf(1), dovecot(1), dsync(1), doveadm-search-query(7) Dovecot v2.1 2011-05-11 DOVEADM(1)