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Managing accounts

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useradd

-------

Syntax:

 | **vmm useradd** *address* [*password*]

 | **vmm ua** *address* [*password*]

Use this subcommand to create a new e-mail account for the given *address*.

If the password is not provided, :command:`vmm` will prompt for it

interactively.

When no *password* is provided and *account.random_password* is set to

**true**, :command:`vmm` will generate a random password and print it to

stdout after the account has been created.

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# vmm ua d.user@example.com "A 5ecR3t P4s5\/\/0rd"

 root@host:~# vmm useradd e.user@example.com

 Enter new password:

 Retype new password:

userdelete

----------

Syntax:

 | **vmm userdelete** *address* [*force*]

 | **vmm ud** *address* [*force*]

Use this subcommand to delete the account with the given *address*.

If there are one or more aliases with an identical destination address,

:command:`vmm` will abort the requested operation and show an error message.

To prevent this, specify the optional keyword **force**.

userinfo

--------

Syntax:

 | **vmm userinfo** *address* [*details*]

 | **vmm ui** *address* [*details*]

This subcommand displays some information about the account specified by

*address*.

If the optional argument *details* is given some more information will be

displayed.

Possible values for *details* are:

======= ==============================================================

value   description

======= ==============================================================

aliases to list all alias addresses with the destination *address*

du      to display the disk usage of the user's mail directory.

        In order to summarize the disk usage each time this subcommand

        is executed automatically, set *account.disk_usage* in your

        :file:`vmm.cfg` to **true**.

full    to list all information mentioned above

======= ==============================================================

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# vmm ui d.user@example.com

 Account information

 -------------------

         Address..........: d.user@example.com

         Name.............: None

         UID..............: 79881

         GID..............: 70704

         Home.............: /srv/mail/2/70704/79881

         Mail_Location....: mdbox:~/mdbox

         Quota Storage....: [  0.00%] 0/500.00 MiB [domain default]

         Quota Messages...: [  0.00%] 0/10,000 [domain default]

         Transport........: lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp [domain default]

         SMTP.............: disabled [domain default]

         POP3.............: disabled [domain default]

         IMAP.............: enabled [domain default]

         SIEVE............: enabled [domain default]

username

--------

Syntax:

 | **vmm username** *address* [*name*]

 | **vmm un** *address* [*name*]

The user's real *name* can be set/updated with this subcommand.

If no *name* is given, the value stored for the account is erased.

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# vmm un d.user@example.com "John Doe"

usernote

--------

Syntax:

 | **vmm usernote** *address* [*note*]

 | **vmm uo** *address* [*note*]

With this subcommand, it is possible to attach a note to the specified

account.

Without an argument, an existing note is removed.

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# vmm uo d.user@example.com Only needed until end of May 2012

.. versionadded:: 0.6.0

userpassword

------------

Syntax:

 | **vmm userpassword** *address* [*password*]

 | **vmm up** *address* [*password*]

The password of an account can be updated with this subcommand.

If no *password* was provided, :command:`vmm` will prompt for it interactively.

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# vmm up d.user@example.com "A |\/|0r3 5ecur3 P4s5\/\/0rd?"

userquota

---------

Syntax:

 | **vmm userquota** *address storage* [*messages*]

 | **vmm uq** *address storage* [*messages*]

This subcommand is used to set a new quota limit for the given account.

When the argument *messages* was omitted the default number of messages

**0** (zero) will be applied.

Instead of *storage* pass **domain** to remove the account-specific

override, causing the domain's value to be in effect.

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# userquota d.user@example.com 750m

.. versionadded:: 0.6.0

userservices

------------

Syntax:

 | **vmm userservices** *address* [*service ...*]

 | **vmm us** *address* [*service ...*]

To grant a user access to the specified services, use this command.

All omitted services will be deactivated/unusable for the user with the

given *address*.

Instead of *service* pass **domain** to remove the account-specific override,

causing the domain's value to be in effect.

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# userservices d.user@example.com SMTP IMAP

usertransport

-------------

Syntax:

 | **vmm usertransport** *address transport*

 | **vmm ut** *address transport*

A different *transport* for an account can be specified with this subcommand.

Instead of *transport* pass **domain** to remove the account-specific

override, causing the domain's value to be in effect.

Example:

.. code-block:: console

 root@host:~# ut c.user@example.com smtp:[pc105.it.example.com]