DOVEADM-WHO(1) Dovecot DOVEADM-WHO(1)
NAME
doveadm-who - Show who is logged into the Dovecot server
SYNOPSIS
doveadm [GLOBAL OPTIONS] who [-1] [-f passdb_field] [-a
anvil_socket_path] [user_mask] [ip [/ bits]]
DESCRIPTION
The who command is used to show which users from which hosts are cur-
rently connected to which service.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
Global doveadm(1)
-D
Enables verbosity and debug messages.
-O
Do not read any config file, just use defaults. The dovecot_stor-
age_version setting defaults to the latest version, but can be over-
ridden with
-k
Preserve entire environment for doveadm, not just import_environment
setting.
-v
Enables verbosity, including progress counter.
-i instance-name
If using multiple Dovecot instances, choose the config file based on
this instance name.
See instance_name setting for more information.
-c config-file
Read configuration from the given config-file. By default it first
reads config socket, and then falls back to /etc/dovecot/dove-
cot.conf. You can also point this to config socket of some instance
running compatible version.
-o setting=value
Overrides the configuration setting from /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
and from the userdb with the given value. In order to override mul-
tiple settings, the -o option may be specified multiple times.
-f formatter
Specifies the formatter for formatting the output. Supported format-
ters 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.
This command uses by default the output formatter table.
OPTIONS
-1
Print one line per user and connection. Otherwise the connections
are grouped by the username.
-a anvil_socket_path
This option is used to specify an alternative socket. The option's
argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket,
or a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to connect a remote
host via a TCP socket.
By default doveadm(1) will use the socket
-f passdb_field
Alternative username field to use for querying, as returned by
passdb. Only the passdb fields beginning with the user_ prefix are
tracked.
ARGUMENTS
ip [/ bits]
Specify an ip address or network range, in CIDR notation, to reduce
the result to matching connections.
user_mask
List only users whose login name matches the user_mask, or the al-
ternative username (user_* field) if the -f parameter is used. It's
also possible to use wildcards in the user name.
EXAMPLE
Show authenticated sessions, filtered by the client's IP address:
doveadm who ::1
username # proto (pids) (ips)
jane 2 imap (30155 30412) (::1)
$ doveadm who 192.0.2.0/24
username # proto (pids) (ips)
john@example.com 1 imap (30257) (192.0.2.34)
Show authenticated sessions, filtered by username:
doveadm who pvo
username # proto (pids) (ips)
pvo 1 sieve (30343) (fd95:4eed:38ba::25)
pvo 4 imap (25693 25686 25679 25669) (fd95:4eed:38ba::25)
$ doveadm who ja\*
username # proto (pids) (ips)
james 1 imap (30091) (127.0.0.1)
jane 2 imap (30155 30412) (::1)
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List
⟨dovecot@dovecot.org⟩. Information about reporting bugs is available at:
https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
SEE ALSO
doveadm(1)
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