is the backend process in the Prayer Webmail system. A fresh
backend is forked off whenever a user logs in.
This process contains all of the permanent state associated with that login
session including one or more connections to a IMAP server and possibly
connections to accountd servers. prayer-session communicates with the user
using HTML over HTTP connections via the
prayer(8)proxy.EachloginhasasessionIDthatthefrontendprocesses
use to find the correct backend.
Backend server processes move into a dormant state after a certain period
of inactivity, shutting down IMAP and accountd connections which can be
easily resuscitated when the session wakes up. After a long period of
inactivity, typically several hours the session process shuts down.
accepts the following command-line options:
--config-file file
Reads configuration from
file
instead of the default
/etc/prayer/prayer.cf
--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.
ENVIRONMENT
PRAYER_CONFIG_FILE
Can be set to specify the configuration file to use. The
--config-file
option takes precedence over this variable.
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/templates/
Location of standard templates. The templates are compiled into
for performance reasons, so the template files are actually not
used, but they are available for customization.