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diff --git a/INSTALLING b/INSTALLING new file mode 100644 index 0000000..075ee5b --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALLING @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +qotdserver 1.0 +Copyright (C) 2019 Richard Knight + + +Run the usuals: + make + make install (as root) + +This will compile and install qotdserver to /usr/sbin/qotdserver, along with +the default config at /etc/qotdserver.conf + +A postgresql database should be created and then create_table.sql executed +within. A specific user with permissions to select from the quote table should +be set up, for example with the following commands: + + CREATE USER qotdserver ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'db_password'; + GRANT SELECT ON quote TO qotdserver; + +This creates the database with a couple of thousand example quotes. In order to +change/add quotes, refer to README. + +Edit /etc/qotdserver.conf, changing the parameters in the database section to +reflect the postgresql account. + +The day parameter in the general section specifies the mode of operation as an +integer, which can be: + 0 : New quote on connection + 1 : New quote each day (reset at 00:00) |