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diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index 0318d8939..924ad2478 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -242,7 +242,10 @@ and for example it doesn't read the file ejabberdctl.cfg. On a *nix system, if you want ejabberd to be started as daemon at boot time, copy \term{ejabberd.init} from the 'bin' directory to something like \term{/etc/init.d/ejabberd} -(depending on your distribution) and call \term{/etc/inid.d/ejabberd start} to start it. +(depending on your distribution). +Create a system user called \term{ejabberd}; +it will be used by the script to start the server. +Then you can call \term{/etc/inid.d/ejabberd start} as root to start the server. If \term{ejabberd} doesn't start correctly in Windows, try to start it using the shortcut in desktop or start menu. @@ -449,6 +452,13 @@ and can identify what is exactly the problem. Please refer to the section~\ref{ejabberdctl} for details about \term{ejabberdctl}, and configurable options to fine tune the Erlang runtime system. +If you want ejabberd to be started as daemon at boot time, +copy \term{ejabberd.init} to something like \term{/etc/init.d/ejabberd} +(depending on your distribution). +Create a system user called \term{ejabberd}; +it will be used by the script to start the server. +Then you can call \term{/etc/inid.d/ejabberd start} as root to start the server. + \makesubsection{bsd}{Specific Notes for BSD} \ind{install!bsd} |