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diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index 49e40400..b5dbc41d 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ To compile \ejabberd{} execute the commands: make \end{verbatim} -The build configuration script provides several parameters. +The build configuration script allows several options. To get the full list run the command: \begin{verbatim} ./configure --help @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Some options that you may be interested in modifying: Specify the path prefix where the files will be copied when running the make install command. \titem{--enable-pam} - Enable the PAM authentication method. + Enable the PAM authentication method (see section \ref{pam}). \titem{--enable-odbc or --enable-mssql} Required if you want to use an external database. @@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ To install \ejabberd{} in the destination directories, run the command: \begin{verbatim} make install \end{verbatim} -Note that you may need to have administrative privileges in the system. +Note that you probably need administrative privileges in the system +to install \term{ejabberd}. The files and directories created are, by default: \begin{description} @@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ The files and directories created are, by default: \titem{ejabberdctl.cfg} Configuration file of the administration script \titem{inetrc} Network DNS configuration \end{description} - \titem{/sbin/ejabberdctl} Administration script + \titem{/sbin/ejabberdctl} Administration script (see section~\ref{ejabberdctl}) \titem{/var/lib/ejabberd/} \begin{description} \titem{.erlang.cookie} Erlang cookie file (see section \ref{cookie}) @@ -366,6 +367,7 @@ The files and directories created are, by default: \titem{ebin} Binary Erlang files (*.beam) \titem{priv} \begin{description} + \titem{bin} Binary C programs \titem{lib} Binary system libraries (*.so) \titem{msgs} Translated strings (*.msgs) \end{description} @@ -393,6 +395,7 @@ ejabberd is running ejabberdctl stop \end{verbatim} + Please refer to the section~\ref{ejabberdctl} for details about \term{ejabberdctl}, and configurable options to fine tune the Erlang runtime system. @@ -1117,7 +1120,7 @@ security issues: \begin{itemize} \item To perform PAM authentication \ejabberd{} uses external C-program called -\term{epam}. By default, it is located in \verb|/var/lib/ejabberd/priv/lib/| +\term{epam}. By default, it is located in \verb|/var/lib/ejabberd/priv/bin/| directory. You have to set it root on execution in the case when your PAM module requires root privileges (\term{pam\_unix.so} for example). Also you have to grant access for \ejabberd{} to this file and remove all other permissions from it. |