PRAYER(8) System Manager's Manual PRAYER(8)NAMEprayer — standalone IMAP-based webmail server
SYNOPSISprayer [--config-file file] [[--config-option name=value] ...]
[--foreground | --disable-prefork] [--disable-session | --
session-options ...]
DESCRIPTIONprayer is the normal frontend daemon in the Prayer Webmail system. It is
a simple HTTP server and proxy that serves icons and other static files,
but firstly and foremostly forwards requests to the correct backend dae‐
mons based on session IDs passed either in cookies or as part of the URL.
The master daemon normally preforks a number of child processes that each
will serve a configurable number of requests. The total number of child
processes is limited to prevent denial of service attacks.
prayer 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.
--foreground
Debug mode. Run a single process in the foreground.
--disable-prefork
Disable preforking. The master daemon will listen for connections
on the configured ports and spawn child processes one at a time.
--disable-session
Do not start the session server, prayer-session(8).
-- End of prayer options; remaining options will be passed to
prayer-session(8).
ENVIRONMENT
PRAYER_CONFIG_FILE Can be set to specify the configuration file to use.
PRAYER_HOSTNAME Local hostname. Overrides the hostname setting in the
configuration file as well as on the command line.
FILES
/usr/local/prayer/etc/prayer.cf Default configuration file.
/usr/local/prayer/icons/ Location of the standard icons used by
the interface.
/usr/local/prayer/static/ Directory containing other static
files; currently only CSS files.
/var/spool/prayer/sockets/ Pre-configured location of sockets for
frontend to backend communication.
SEE ALSOprayer-session(8), prayer.cf(5)AUTHORS
This manual page was put together by Magnus Holmgren
<holmgren@debian.org> using documentation written by David Carter
<dpc22@cam.ac.uk>.
The Prayer Webmail Interface 17 August 2008 The Prayer Webmail Interface
