.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Richard Kettlewell
+.\" Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 Richard Kettlewell
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
concerning what is to be played.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B --config \fIPATH\fR, \fB-c \fIPATH
-Set the configuration file. The default is
+.B \-\-config \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-c \fIPATH
+Set the configuration file.
+The default is
.IR pkgconfdir/config .
See
.BR disorder_config (5)
for further information.
.TP
-.B --pidfile \fIPATH\fR, \fB-P \fIPATH
+.B \-\-pidfile \fIPATH\fR, \fB\-P \fIPATH
Write a pidfile.
.TP
-.B --foreground, \fB-f
-Run in the foreground. (By default,
+.B \-\-foreground\fR, \fB\-f
+Run in the foreground.
+(By default,
.B disorderd
detaches from its terminal and runs in the background.)
.TP
-.B --debug\fR, \fB-d
+.B \-\-syslog\fR, \fB\-s
+Log to syslog.
+This is the default if DisOrder runs in the background.
+.TP
+.B \-\-debug\fR, \fB\-d
Enable debugging.
.TP
-.B --help\fR, \fB-h
+.B \-\-help\fR, \fB\-h
Display a usage message.
.TP
-.B --version\fR, \fB-V
+.B \-\-version\fR, \fB\-V
Display version number.
.SH NOTES
-.SS "Environmental Dependencies"
-It is important that
-.B disorder-deadlock
-and
+For configuration file documentation, see
+.BR disorder_config (5).
+.SS "Startup"
+The first time a new install of DisOrder is started it will run
.B disorder-rescan
-are available on the PATH. The example "init" script attempts to
-ensure this by appending sbindir to the path, but if you have
-installed programs in unusual locations then this might not work.
-.SS "How To Configure Authentication"
-The administrator should create \fIpkgconfdir/config.private\fR, make sure it
-is not world-readable, and populate it with \fBallow\fR commands
-listing usernames and passwords. Use
-e.g. \fBpwgen\fR(1) to generate random passwords. Passwords should
-then be distributed to users.
+to pick up new tracks.
+On subsequent server restarts it will NOT do
+this automatically; if you want a rescan at every restart you must
+arrange that manually.
+.PP
+There is however an automatic rescan once every 24 hours.
.PP
-Each user should create the file \fI~/.disorder/passwd\fR
-and make sure it is not world-readable. Having done so
-they should add a \fBpassword\fR command to it giving their password (and
-optionally a \fBusername\fR command if their DisOrder username is not the
-same as their login name).
-.SS Locales
+A \fBroot\fR login is automatically created on startup if it does not
+exist.
+If \fBdisorder\fR(1) is run as root on the same machine as the
+server it is capable of extracting the password from the database
+directly.
+.SS "Locales"
.B disorderd
-is locale-aware. If you do not set the locale correctly then it may
-not handle non-ASCII data properly.
+is locale-aware.
+If you do not set the locale correctly then it may not handle
+non-ASCII data properly.
.PP
Filenames and the configuration file are assumed to be encoded using the
-current locale. The
-communication with the client happens in UTF-8 (since the client and the server
-don't know what locale each other might be using - in the future they might not
-even be on the same host.)
+current locale.
+Internally (within the server, in the database and in
+communication between client and server) the UTF-8 encoding is used.
.SS Backups
DisOrder uses Berkeley DB but currently discards log files that are no longer
-in use. This means that DB's catastrophic recovery cannot be used (normal
+in use.
+This means that DB's catastrophic recovery cannot be used (normal
recovery can be used, and indeed the server does this automatically on
startup).
.PP
It is suggested that instead you just back up the output of
-.BR disorder-dump (8),
+.BR disorder\-dump (8),
which saves only the parts of the database that cannot be regenerated
automatically, and thus has relatively modest storage requirements.
.SH SIGNALS
.SH FILES
.TP
.I pkgconfdir/config
-Global configuration file. See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
+Global configuration file.
+See \fBdisorder_config\fR(5).
.TP
.I pkgconfdir/config.private
Private configuration (usernames and passwords).
Per-user password file.
.TP
.I pkgstatedir/queue
-Saved copy of queue. Do not edit while the daemon is running.
+Saved copy of queue.
+Do not edit while the daemon is running.
.TP
.I pkgstatedir/recent
Saved copy of recently played track list.
.I pkgstatedir/prefs.db
Preferences database.
.TP
+.I pkgstatedir/global.db
+Global preferences database.
+.TP
.I pkgstatedir/search.db
-Search database.
+Search lookup database.
+.TP
+.I pkgstatedir/tags.db
+Tag lookup database.
.TP
.I pkgstatedir/tracks.db
Tracks database.
.TP
.I pkgstatedir/DB_CONFIG
-Berkeley DB configuration file. This may be used to override database
-settings without recompiling DisOrder. See the Berkeley DB
-documention for further details.
+Berkeley DB configuration file.
+This may be used to override database settings without recompiling
+DisOrder.
+See the Berkeley DB documention for further details.
.TP
-.I pkgstatedir/log.*
-Database log files.
+.I pkgstatedir/log.* \fRand \fIpkgstatedir/__db.*
+Database internal files.
.TP
.I pkgstatedir/socket
Communication socket for \fBdisorder\fR(1).
.TP
.I pkgstatedir/lock
-Lockfile. This prevents multiple instances of DisOrder running
-simultaneously.
-.TP
-.I sbindir/disorder-deadlock
-Deadlock manager.
-.TP
-.I sbindir/disorder-rescan
-Rescanner.
+Lockfile.
+This prevents multiple instances of DisOrder running simultaneously.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B LC_ALL\fR, \fBLANG\fR, etc
-Current locale. See \fBlocale\fR(7).
+Current locale.
+See \fBlocale\fR(7).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBdisorder_config\fR(5), \fBdisorder-dump\fR(8)
+\fBdisorder\fR(1), \fBdisorder_config\fR(5), \fBdisorder\-dump\fR(8),
+\fBdisorder.cgi\fR(8)
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