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doc: update installation instructions

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Miroslav Lichvar 2016-02-16 14:22:58 +01:00
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chrony.texi.in
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@ -339,9 +339,16 @@ for C-family shells.
If the software cannot (yet) be built on your system, an error message
will be shown. Otherwise, @file{Makefile} will be generated.
If editline or readline library is available, chronyc will be built with line
editing support. If you don't want this, specify the --disable-readline flag
to configure. Please refer to @pxref{line editing support} for more information.
On Linux, if development files for the libcap library are available,
@code{chronyd} will be built with support for dropping root privileges.
On other systems no extra library is needed. The default user which
@code{chronyd} should run as can be specified with the @code{--with-user}
option of the configure script.
If development files for the editline or readline library are available,
@code{chronyc} will be built with line editing support. If you don't want
this, specify the --disable-readline flag to configure. Please refer to
@pxref{line editing support} for more information.
If a @file{timepps.h} header is available (e.g. from the
@uref{http://linuxpps.org/, LinuxPPS project}), @code{chronyd} will be built with PPS API
@ -407,7 +414,11 @@ makestep 1.0 3
rtcsync
@end example
Then, @code{chronyd} can be run.
Then, @code{chronyd} can be run. For security reasons, it's recommended to
create an unprivileged user for @code{chronyd} and specify it with the
@code{-u} command-line option or the @code{user} directive in the configuration
file, or set the default user with the @code{--with-user} configure option
before building.
@c }}}
@menu
* line editing support:: If libraries are in a non-standard place

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@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ awk '/^[1-9] Installation$/{p=1}
/^[1-9]\.. Support for line editing/{exit}; p' chrony.txt | \
tail -n +4 > INSTALL
if [ $(wc -l < INSTALL) -gt 100 -o $(wc -l < INSTALL) -lt 85 ]; then
if [ $(wc -l < INSTALL) -gt 120 -o $(wc -l < INSTALL) -lt 85 ]; then
echo "INSTALL generated incorrectly?"
exit 3
fi