.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
.TH DOVEADM\-AUTH 1M "2010-06-09" "Dovecot v2.0" "Dovecot"
.SH NAME
doveadm\-auth \- Test authentication for a user
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] " auth
[\fB\-a\fP \fIauth_socket_path\fP]
[\fB\-x\fP \fIauth_info\fP]
.I user
[\fIpassword\fP]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B auth
command can be used to test the authentication for the given
.IR user .
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.SH OPTIONS
Global
.BR doveadm (1M)
.IR options :
.TP
.B \-D
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
.TP
.B \-v
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
.\" --- command specific options --- "/.
.PP
Command specific
.IR options :
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.TP
.BI \-a\  auth_socket_path
This option is used to specify an absolute path to an alternative UNIX
domain socket.
.sp
By default
.BR doveadm (1M)
will use the socket
.IR /tmp/dovecot/auth\-client .
The socket may be located in another directory, when the default
.I base_dir
setting was overridden in
.IR /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf .
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.TP
.BI \-x\  auth_info
.I auth_info
specifies additional conditions for the
.B auth
command.
The
.I auth_info
option string has to be given as
.IB name = value
pair.
For multiple conditions the
.B \-x
option could be supplied multiple times.
.br
Possible names for the
.I auth_info
are:
.RS
.TP
.B service
The service for which the authentication lookup should be tested.
The value may be the name of a service, commonly used with Dovecot.
For example:
.BR imap ,
.BR pop3\  or
.BR smtp .
.TP
.B lip
The local IP address (server) for the test.
.TP
.B rip
The remote IP address (client) for the test.
.TP
.B lport
The local port, e.g. 143
.TP
.B rport
The remote port, e.g. 24567
.RE
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.SH ARGUMENTS
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.TP
.I user
The
.IR user \(aqs
login name.
Depending on the configuration, the login name may be for example
.BR jane " or " john@example.com .
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.TP
.I password
Optionally the user\(aqs password.
.BR doveadm (1M)
will prompt for the password, if none was given.
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.SH EXAMPLE
This example demonstrates an imap authentication test for user john,
assuming the user is connected from the host with the IP address
192.0.2.143.
.PP
.nf
.B doveadm auth \-x service=imap \-x rip=192.0.2.143 john johns_password
passdb: john auth succeeded
extra fields:
  user=john
.fi
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.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including
.I doveconf \-n
output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>.
Information about reporting bugs is available at:
http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR doveadm (1M),