From ed3ae7e7d41f91917fc2ae92051c7c77c357fbab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilmer van der Gaast Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 00:08:49 +0000 Subject: Added note about daemon mode to doc/README --- doc/README | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/README') diff --git a/doc/README b/doc/README index bb6596ba..ca392573 100644 --- a/doc/README +++ b/doc/README @@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ Also, don't forget to create the configuration directory (/var/lib/bitlbee/ by default) and chown it to the UID BitlBee is running as. Make sure this directory is read-/writable by this user only. +--- (Fork)Daemon mode + +If you don't want to run any inetd daemon, you can run BitlBee in Daemon +mode. Right now, daemon mode may be a bad idea on servers with multiple +users, since possible fatal BitlBee bugs will crash the BitlBee process and +disconnect all connected users at once. Instead, you can use ForkDaemon +mode, which serves every user from a separate process, without depending on +an inetd daemon. + +To use BitlBee in daemon mode, just start it with the right flags or enable +it in bitlbee.conf. You probably want to write an init script to start +BitlBee automatically after a reboot. (This is where you realise using +a package from your distro would've been a better idea. :-P) + DEPENDENCIES ============ -- cgit v1.2.3