.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).
.El
.
.Sh FILES
.
.Bl -tag -compact
.It Pa /etc/prayer/accountd.cf
Default configuration file.
.El
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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
.
This introductory manual page was put together for Debian by
.An -nosplit
.An "Magnus Holmgren" <holmgren@debian.org> .