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diff --git a/doc/guide.html b/doc/guide.html index 5c6dda11c..5acec86be 100644 --- a/doc/guide.html +++ b/doc/guide.html @@ -299,14 +299,17 @@ are available in the Process-one <TT>ejabberd</TT> downloads page: server and does not require any extra dependencies.</P><P>In *nix systems, remember to set executable the binary installer before starting it. For example: </P><PRE CLASS="verbatim"> chmod +x ejabberd-2.0.0_1-linux-x86-installer.bin ./ejabberd-2.0.0_1-linux-x86-installer.bin -</PRE><P>The installer generates desktop shortcuts to start and stop ejabberd.</P><P>The Windows installer also adds ejabberd as a system service, +</PRE><P><TT>ejabberd</TT> can be started manually at any time, +or automatically by the operating system at system boot time.</P><P>To start and stop <TT>ejabberd</TT> manually, +use the desktop shortcuts created by the installer. +If the machine doesn’t have a graphical system, use the scripts ’start’ +and ’stop’ in the ’bin’ directory where <TT>ejabberd</TT> is installed.</P><P>The Windows installer also adds ejabberd as a system service, and a shortcut to a debug console for experienced administrators. -You can start ejabberd using the shortcut or the Windows service. -Note that the Windows service is a feature still in development, -and for example it doesn’t keep track of changes made manually in ejabberdctl.cfg. If you want ejabberd to be started automatically at boot time, -go to the Windows service settings and set ejabberd to be automatic started.</P><P>On a Linux system, if you want ejabberd to start as daemon at boot time, -copy <TT>ejabberd.init</TT> from the bin directory to something like <TT>/etc/init.d/ejabberd</TT> +go to the Windows service settings and set ejabberd to be automatically started. +Note that the Windows service is a feature still in development, +and for example it doesn’t read the file ejabberdctl.cfg.</P><P>On a *nix system, if you want ejabberd to be started as daemon at boot time, +copy <TT>ejabberd.init</TT> from the ’bin’ directory to something like <TT>/etc/init.d/ejabberd</TT> (depending on your distribution) and call <TT>/etc/inid.d/ejabberd start</TT> to start it.</P><P>The <TT>ejabberdctl</TT> administration script is included in the <TT>bin</TT> directory. Please refer to the section <A HREF="#ejabberdctl">4.1</A> for details about <TT>ejabberdctl</TT>, and configurable options to fine tune the Erlang runtime system.</P><!--TOC section Installing <TT>ejabberd</TT> with Operating System specific packages--> @@ -423,7 +426,7 @@ and configurable options to fine tune the Erlang runtime system.</P><!--TOC subs <A NAME="windowsreq"></A></P><P>To compile <TT>ejabberd</TT> on a Microsoft Windows system, you need: </P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize"> MS Visual C++ 6.0 Compiler -</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://erlang.org/download.html">Erlang/OTP R11B-5 or higher</A> +</LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://erlang.org/download.html">Erlang/OTP R11B-5</A> </LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10127&package_id=11277">Expat 2.0.0 or higher</A> </LI><LI CLASS="li-itemize"><A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/">GNU Iconv 1.9.2</A> (optional) @@ -1055,7 +1058,9 @@ shapers is like this: following syntax: </P><PRE CLASS="verbatim"> {maxrate, <rate>} </PRE><P>where <TT><rate></TT> stands for the maximum allowed incoming rate in bytes per -second.</P><P>Examples: +second. +When a connection exceeds this limit, <TT>ejabberd</TT> stops reading from the socket +until the average rate is again below the allowed maximum.</P><P>Examples: </P><UL CLASS="itemize"><LI CLASS="li-itemize"> To define a shaper named ‘<TT>normal</TT>’ with traffic speed limited to 1,000 bytes/second: |