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</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&#XA0;<A HREF="#ejabberdctl">4.1</A>),
- modify the configuration files and read log files.
- The account must exist in the machine. It doesn&#X2019;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&#X2019;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&#XA0;<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
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@@ -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}).