0,0 → 1,76 |
.Dd 27 March 2011 |
.Os "The Prayer Webmail Interface" |
.ds volume-operating-system |
.Dt PRAYER-ACCOUNTD 8 |
.Sh NAME |
.Nm prayer-accountd |
.Nd Prayer system account helper daemon |
.Sh SYNOPSIS |
.Nm |
.Oo Fl -config-file |
.Ar file Oc |
.Oo Oo Fl -config-option |
.Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value Oc |
.Ar ... Oc |
.Op Fl -enable-fork | -disable-fork |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
.Nm |
is an auxilliary daemon that allows users to perform various tasks |
with respect to their UNIX system account: |
.Bl -bullet |
.It |
Change passwords |
.It |
Change their name |
.It |
Check filesystem quota |
.El |
.Pp |
Furthermore it can help users set up an |
.Sy ( Exim-only ) |
.Pa .forward |
file for Spam filtering, vacation auto-replies etc. |
.Pp |
.Nm |
can be installed on a separate host from the main Prayer services if necessary. |
It needs to be able to run |
.Xr passwd 1 , |
.Xr chfn 1 , |
and |
.Xr quota 1 |
for the user, and access users' home directories. |
.Pp |
.Nm |
accepts the following command-line options: |
.Bl -tag -width indent |
.It Fl -config-file Ar file |
Reads configuration from |
.Ar file |
instead of the default. |
.It Fl -config-option Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value |
Sets (overrides) the configuration option |
.Ar name No to Ar value . |
Any number of options can be specified in this manner. |
.It Fl -enable-fork |
Fork subprocesses as requests come in. This is the default. |
.It Fl -disable-fork |
Don't fork; process one request in at the time (debug mode). |
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.Sh FILES |
. |
.Bl -tag -compact |
.It Pa /etc/prayer/accountd.cf |
Default configuration file. |
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.Sh BUGS |
.Nm |
is rather customized to the needs of the University of Cambridge, |
though some patches have been applied to the Debian package. System |
administrators should study the source code to see what this means. |
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.Sh AUTHORS |
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This introductory manual page was put together for Debian by |
.An -nosplit |
.An "Magnus Holmgren" <holmgren@debian.org> . |