Changes between Version 21 and Version 22 of ServerIntro

Timestamp:

Jul 14, 2007, 9:41:06 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

Nicolas

Comment:

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ServerIntro

@@ -73 +73 @@
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- * Set your PATH variable to include MySQL programs (typically /usr/local/mysql and /usr/local/mysql/bin).
+ * Set your `PATH` environment variable to include MySQL programs (typically /usr/local/mysql and /usr/local/mysql/bin).
  * You'll need to back up your database. Generally this requires stopping the project, making a copy or snapshot, and restarting. An example is [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/mysql_backup.txt here].
  * BOINC gets MySQL compiler and linker flags from a program called mysql_config which comes with your MySQL distribution. This sometimes references libraries that are not part of your base system installation, such as -lnsl or -lnss_files. You may need to install additional packages (often you can use something called 'mysql-dev' or 'mysql-devel') or fiddle with Makefiles.
@@ -80 +80 @@
 
 === MySQLclient notes ===
- * Configure mysql with the --enable-thread-safe-client switch.
- * Set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH to refer to the correct library.
+ * Configure mysql with the `--enable-thread-safe-client` switch.
+ * Set your `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` to refer to the correct library.
 
 === Apache notes ===
-In httpd.conf, set the default MIME type as follows (otherwise you'll get file upload signature verification errors):
+In `httpd.conf`, set the default MIME type as follows (otherwise you'll get file upload signature verification errors):
 
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@@ -90 +90 @@
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-To limit denial-of-service attacks, we recommend turning off directory indexing by adding -Indexes to the Options directive.
+To limit denial-of-service attacks, we recommend turning off directory indexing by adding `-Indexes` to the [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#options Options] directive.
 
 === PHP notes ===
 
- * Make sure 'magic quotes' are enabled (this is the default). The file /etc/php.ini should contain
+ * Make sure 'magic_quotes' are enabled (this is the default). The file `/etc/php.ini` should contain
 {{{
 magic_quotes_gpc = On
 }}}
- * By default, BOINC uses PHP's mail function to send email to participants. This uses sendmail. If this doesn't work, you can use [http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ PHPMailer] instead, which is a very flexible mail-sending mechanism. To do this:
+ * By default, BOINC uses PHP's `mail` function to send email to participants. This uses sendmail. If this doesn't work, you can use [http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/ PHPMailer] instead, which is a very flexible mail-sending mechanism. To do this:
   * Download PHPMailer and put it under PROJECT/html/inc/phpmailer.
   * Set the following variables in your PROJECT/html/project/project.inc file (substitute your own values):