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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