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.Dd 27 March 2011
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.Os "The Prayer Webmail Interface"
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.ds volume-operating-system
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.Dt PRAYER-ACCOUNTD 8
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm prayer-accountd
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.Nd Prayer system account helper daemon
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Oo Fl -config-file
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.Ar file Oc
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.Oo Oo Fl -config-option
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.Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value Oc
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.Ar ... Oc
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.Op Fl -enable-fork | -disable-fork
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.
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is an auxilliary daemon that allows users to perform various tasks
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with respect to their UNIX system account:
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.Bl -bullet
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.It
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Change passwords
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.It
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Change their name
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.It
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Check filesystem quota
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.El
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.Pp
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Furthermore it can help users set up an
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.Sy ( Exim-only )
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.Pa .forward
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file for Spam filtering, vacation auto-replies etc.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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can be installed on a separate host from the main Prayer services if necessary.
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It needs to be able to run
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.Xr passwd 1 ,
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.Xr chfn 1 ,
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and
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.Xr quota 1
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for the user, and access users' home directories.
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.Pp
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accepts the following command-line options:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl -config-file Ar file
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Reads configuration from
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.Ar file
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instead of the default.
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.It Fl -config-option Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
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Sets (overrides) the configuration option
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.Ar name No to Ar value .
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Any number of options can be specified in this manner.
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.It Fl -enable-fork
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Fork subprocesses as requests come in. This is the default.
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.It Fl -disable-fork
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Don't fork; process one request in at the time (debug mode).
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.Sh FILES
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.
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.Bl -tag -compact
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.It Pa /etc/prayer/accountd.cf
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Default configuration file.
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.Sh BUGS
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.Nm
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is rather customized to the needs of the University of Cambridge,
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though some patches have been applied to the Debian package. System
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administrators should study the source code to see what this means.
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.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.
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This introductory manual page was put together for Debian by
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.An -nosplit
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.An "Magnus Holmgren" <holmgren@debian.org> .