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| author | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2008-07-14 10:06:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Badlop <badlop@process-one.net> | 2008-07-14 10:06:13 +0000 |
| commit | 3f87768c8cd4d72fcbc3650c6802e1a0c9d570ac (patch) | |
| tree | 537a7f07214502100433b4b0bbab7bafd453b59a /doc | |
| parent | * src/Makefile.in: Fix docdir so it recognizes prefix. If sbin dir (diff) | |
* doc/guide.tex: Update what permissions does enable-user grant
* doc/guide.html: Likewise
* src/configure.ac: Don't explicitely put root privileges when a
user is not explicitely enabled
* src/configure: Likewise
* src/Makefile.in: Likewise
SVN Revision: 1443
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide.html | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guide.tex | 13 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guide.html b/doc/guide.html index 9b655b7b..735fc1f8 100644 --- a/doc/guide.html +++ b/doc/guide.html @@ -339,12 +339,17 @@ 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-user[=USER]</TT></B></DT><DD CLASS="dd-description"> + Specify the path prefix where the files will be copied when running + the <TT>make install</TT> 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"> + read the configuration files, + read and write in the spool directory, + read and write in the log directory. + The account user and group must exist in the machine + before running <TT>make install</TT>. + This account doesn’t need an explicit HOME directory, because + <TT>/var/lib/ejabberd/</TT> will be used by default.<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"> diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index 7e440ac7..3831ac02 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -322,14 +322,19 @@ To get the full list run the command: Some options that you may be interested in modifying: \begin{description} \titem{--prefix=/} - Specify the path prefix where the files will be copied when running the make install command. + Specify the path prefix where the files will be copied when running + the \term{make install} command. \titem{--enable-user[=USER]} Allow this normal system user to execute the ejabberdctl script (see section~\ref{ejabberdctl}), - 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. + read the configuration files, + read and write in the spool directory, + read and write in the log directory. + The account user and group must exist in the machine + before running \term{make install}. + This account doesn't need an explicit HOME directory, because + \term{/var/lib/ejabberd/} will be used by default. \titem{--enable-pam} Enable the PAM authentication method (see section \ref{pam}). |