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| author | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2008-07-12 22:02:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2008-07-12 22:02:16 +0000 |
| commit | 871d1dfad6f16e45d8cb3aaf7347a6040c918c5d (patch) | |
| tree | 12a0ce2b7e6a63486ca7b669bba44959a166fc3c /doc/guide.html | |
| parent | * src/configure.ac: Improve legibility (diff) | |
* src/configure.ac: Allow to execute ejabberd with a normal
system user (thanks to Viq)(EJAB-402)
* src/configure: Likewise
* src/ejabberdctl.template: Likewise
* src/Makefile.in: Likewise
* doc/guide.tex: Likewise
* doc/guide.html: Likewise
SVN Revision: 1439
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guide.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide.html | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide.html b/doc/guide.html index a3963637..314169e1 100644 --- a/doc/guide.html +++ b/doc/guide.html @@ -339,7 +339,12 @@ To get the full list run the command: </PRE><P>Some options that you may be interested in modifying: </P><DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description"> <B><TT>--prefix=/</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> - Specify the path prefix where the files will be copied when running the make install command.<P> </P></DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>--enable-pam</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> + Specify the path prefix where the files will be copied when running the make install command.<P> </P></DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>--enable-user[=USER]</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> + Allow this normal system user to execute the ejabberdctl script + (see section <A HREF="#ejabberdctl">4.1</A>), + modify the configuration files and read log files. + The account must exist in the machine. It doesn’t need a HOME directory. + If the option is not set, then only root can perform those actions.<P> </P></DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>--enable-pam</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Enable the PAM authentication method (see section <A HREF="#pam">3.1.4</A>).<P> </P></DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>--enable-odbc or --enable-mssql</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Required if you want to use an external database. See section <A HREF="#database">3.2</A> for more information.<P> </P></DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>--enable-full-xml</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> @@ -360,7 +365,7 @@ to install <TT>ejabberd</TT>.</P><P>The files and directories created are, by de </DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>ejabberdctl.cfg</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Configuration file of the administration script </DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>inetrc</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Network DNS configuration </DD></DL> - </DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>/sbin/ejabberdctl</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Administration script (see section <A HREF="#ejabberdctl">4.1</A>) + </DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>/bin/ejabberdctl</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Administration script (see section <A HREF="#ejabberdctl">4.1</A>) </DD><DT CLASS="dt-description"><B><TT>/var/lib/ejabberd/</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> <DL CLASS="description"><DT CLASS="dt-description"> <B><TT>.erlang.cookie</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> Erlang cookie file (see section <A HREF="#cookie">5.3</A>) @@ -380,7 +385,9 @@ to install <TT>ejabberd</TT>.</P><P>The files and directories created are, by de </DD></DL> </DD></DL><P> <A NAME="start"></A> </P><!--TOC subsection Start--> <H3 CLASS="subsection"><!--SEC ANCHOR --><A NAME="htoc13">2.4.5</A>  <A HREF="#start">Start</A></H3><!--SEC END --><P> <A NAME="start"></A> -</P><P>You can use the <TT>ejabberdctl</TT> command line administration script to start and stop <TT>ejabberd</TT>.</P><P>Usage example: +</P><P>You can use the <TT>ejabberdctl</TT> command line administration script to start and stop <TT>ejabberd</TT>. +If you provided the configure option <TT>--enable-user=USER</TT> (see <A HREF="#compile">2.4.3</A>), +you can execute <TT>ejabberdctl</TT> with either that system account or root.</P><P>Usage example: </P><PRE CLASS="verbatim">ejabberdctl start ejabberdctl status |