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authorWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2011-12-24 19:02:39 +0100
committerWilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>2011-12-24 19:02:39 +0100
commit164352ef9d3e8b4b2eea8ec64c3b4590b2388b18 (patch)
tree58d3424f7743d89ad4f94fc803ddd7e0563ec251 /doc/user-guide
parente306fbf84aa37ab934c5ea18ccfd75da041af052 (diff)
parent96f954df218e81f5580257c319b91217dac2f4bf (diff)
Merging mainline.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/user-guide')
-rw-r--r--doc/user-guide/commands.xml40
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
index 9bb2b9c8..dccf87ed 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
- <bitlbee-setting name="auto_connect" type="boolean" scope="both">
+ <bitlbee-setting name="auto_connect" type="boolean" scope="account,global">
<default>true</default>
<description>
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
- <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect" type="boolean" scope="both">
+ <bitlbee-setting name="auto_reconnect" type="boolean" scope="account,global">
<default>true</default>
<description>
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
- <bitlbee-setting name="away" type="string" scope="both">
+ <bitlbee-setting name="away" type="string" scope="account,global">
<description>
<para>
To mark yourself as away, it is recommended to just use <emphasis>/away</emphasis>, like on normal IRC networks. If you want to mark yourself as away on only one IM network, you can use this per-account setting.
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
- <bitlbee-setting name="nick_format" type="string" scope="both">
+ <bitlbee-setting name="nick_format" type="string" scope="account,global">
<default>%-@nick</default>
<description>
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
- <bitlbee-setting name="password" type="string" scope="both">
+ <bitlbee-setting name="password" type="string" scope="account,global">
<description>
<para>
Use this global setting to change your "NickServ" password.
@@ -1391,15 +1391,19 @@
<description>
<para>
- Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if the server accepts SSL connections.
+ Currently only available for Jabber connections. Set this to true if you want to connect to the server on an SSL-enabled port (usually 5223).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Please note that this method of establishing a secure connection to the server has long been deprecated. You are encouraged to look at the <emphasis>tls</emphasis> setting instead.
</para>
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
- <bitlbee-setting name="status" type="string" scope="both">
+ <bitlbee-setting name="status" type="string" scope="account,global">
<description>
<para>
- Certain protocols (like Jabber/XMPP) support status messages, similar to away messages. They can be used to indicate things like your location or activity, without showing up as away/busy.
+ Most IM protocols support status messages, similar to away messages. They can be used to indicate things like your location or activity, without showing up as away/busy.
</para>
<para>
@@ -1407,7 +1411,7 @@
</para>
<para>
- Away states set using <emphasis>/away</emphasis> or the <emphasis>away</emphasis> setting will override this setting. To un-set the setting, use <emphasis>set -del status</emphasis>.
+ Away states set using <emphasis>/away</emphasis> or the <emphasis>away</emphasis> setting will override this setting. To clear the setting, use <emphasis>set -del status</emphasis>.
</para>
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
@@ -1484,6 +1488,24 @@
</description>
</bitlbee-setting>
+ <bitlbee-setting name="tls_verify" type="boolean" scope="account">
+ <default>true</default>
+
+ <description>
+ <para>
+ Currently only available for Jabber connections in combination with the <emphasis>tls</emphasis> setting. Set this to <emphasis>true</emphasis> if you want BitlBee to strictly verify the server's certificate against a list of trusted certificate authorities.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The hostname used in the certificate verification is the value of the <emphasis>server</emphasis> setting if the latter is nonempty and the domain of the username else. If you get a hostname related error when connecting to Google Talk with a username from the gmail.com or googlemail.com domain, please try to empty the <emphasis>server</emphasis> setting.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Please note that no certificate verification is performed when the <emphasis>ssl</emphasis> setting is used, or when the <emphasis>CAfile</emphasis> setting in <emphasis>bitlbee.conf</emphasis> is not set.
+ </para>
+ </description>
+ </bitlbee-setting>
+
<bitlbee-setting name="to_char" type="string" scope="global">
<default>": "</default>