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2 | .Os "The Prayer Webmail Interface" |
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3 | .ds volume-operating-system |
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4 | .Dt PRAYER-ACCOUNTD 8 |
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5 | .Sh NAME |
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6 | .Nm prayer-accountd |
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7 | .Nd Prayer system account helper daemon |
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8 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
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9 | .Nm |
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10 | .Oo Fl -config-file |
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11 | .Ar file Oc |
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12 | .Oo Oo Fl -config-option |
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13 | .Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value Oc |
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14 | .Ar ... Oc |
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15 | .Op Fl -enable-fork | -disable-fork |
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16 | . |
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17 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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18 | .Nm |
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19 | is an auxilliary daemon that allows users to perform various tasks |
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20 | with respect to their UNIX system account: |
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21 | .Bl -bullet |
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22 | .It |
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23 | Change passwords |
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24 | .It |
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25 | Change their name |
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26 | .It |
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27 | Check filesystem quota |
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28 | .El |
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29 | .Pp |
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30 | Furthermore it can help users set up an |
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31 | .Sy ( Exim-only ) |
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32 | .Pa .forward |
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33 | file for Spam filtering, vacation auto-replies etc. |
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34 | .Pp |
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35 | .Nm |
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36 | can be installed on a separate host from the main Prayer services if necessary. |
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37 | It needs to be able to run |
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38 | .Xr passwd 1 , |
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39 | .Xr chfn 1 , |
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40 | and |
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41 | .Xr quota 1 |
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42 | for the user, and access users' home directories. |
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43 | .Pp |
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44 | .Nm |
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45 | accepts the following command-line options: |
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46 | .Bl -tag -width indent |
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47 | .It Fl -config-file Ar file |
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48 | Reads configuration from |
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49 | .Ar file |
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50 | instead of the default. |
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51 | .It Fl -config-option Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value |
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52 | Sets (overrides) the configuration option |
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53 | .Ar name No to Ar value . |
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54 | Any number of options can be specified in this manner. |
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55 | .It Fl -enable-fork |
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56 | Fork subprocesses as requests come in. This is the default. |
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57 | .It Fl -disable-fork |
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58 | Don't fork; process one request in at the time (debug mode). |
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131 | magnus | 60 | . |
61 | .Sh FILES |
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62 | . |
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63 | .Bl -tag -compact |
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64 | .It Pa /etc/prayer/accountd.cf |
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65 | Default configuration file. |
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131 | magnus | 67 | . |
68 | .Sh BUGS |
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69 | .Nm |
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70 | is rather customized to the needs of the University of Cambridge, |
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71 | though some patches have been applied to the Debian package. System |
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72 | administrators should study the source code to see what this means. |
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73 | . |
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74 | .Sh AUTHORS |
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75 | . |
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76 | This introductory manual page was put together for Debian by |
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77 | .An -nosplit |
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78 | .An "Magnus Holmgren" <holmgren@debian.org> . |