debian man page for prayer-accountd

PRAYER-ACCOUNTD(8)					      System Manager's Manual						PRAYER-ACCOUNTD(8)

NAME
     prayer-accountd -- Prayer system account helper daemon

SYNOPSIS
     prayer-accountd [--config-file file] [[--config-option name=value] ...] [--enable-fork | --disable-fork]

DESCRIPTION
     prayer-accountd is an auxilliary daemon that allows users to perform various tasks with respect to their UNIX system account:

     o	 Change passwords

     o	 Change their name

     o	 Check filesystem quota

     Furthermore it can help users set up an (Exim-only) .forward file for Spam filtering, vacation auto-replies etc.

     prayer-accountd can be installed on a separate host from the main Prayer services if necessary.  It needs to be able to run passwd(1),
     chfn(1), and quota(1) for the user, and access users' home directories.

     prayer-accountd accepts the following command-line options:

     --config-file file
	     Reads configuration from file instead of the default.

     --config-option name=value
	     Sets (overrides) the configuration option name to value.  Any number of options can be specified in this manner.

     --enable-fork
	     Fork subprocesses as requests come in. This is the default.

     --disable-fork
	     Don't fork; process one request in at the time (debug mode).

FILES
     /etc/prayer/accountd.cf	       Default configuration file.

BUGS
     prayer-accountd is rather customized to the needs of the University of Cambridge, though some patches have been applied to the Debian pack-
     age. System administrators should study the source code to see what this means.

AUTHORS
     This introductory manual page was put together for Debian by Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org>.

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