.PP
Neither commands nor responses have a body unless stated otherwise.
.TP
-.B adduser \fIUSERNAME PASSWORD
-Creates a new user with the given username and password. Requires the
-\fBadmin\fR right, and only works on local connections.
+.B adduser \fIUSERNAME PASSWORD \fR[\fIRIGHTS\fR]
+Create a new user with the given username and password. The new user's rights
+list can be specified; if it is not then the \fBdefault_rights\fR setting
+applies instead. Requires the \fBadmin\fR right, and only works on local
+connections.
.TP
.B allfiles \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fIREGEXP\fR]
-Lists all the files and directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR in a response body.
+List all the files and directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR in a response body.
If \fIREGEXP\fR is present only matching files and directories are returned.
.TP
+.B confirm \fICONFIRMATION
+Confirm user registration. \fICONFIRMATION\fR is as returned from
+\fBregister\fR below. This command can be used without logging in.
+.TP
.B cookie \fICOOKIE
-Log a user back in using a cookie created with \fBmake-cookie\fR.
+Log a user back in using a cookie created with \fBmake-cookie\fR. The response
+contains the username.
.TP
.B deluser \fIUSERNAME
-Deletes the named user. Requires the \fBadmin\fR right, and only works on
+Delete the named user. Requires the \fBadmin\fR right, and only works on
local connections.
.TP
.B dirs \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fIREGEXP\fR]
-Lists all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR in a response body.
+List all the directories in \fIDIRECTORY\fR in a response body.
If \fIREGEXP\fR is present only matching directories are returned.
.TP
.B disable \fR[\fBnow\fR]
-Disables further playing. If the optional \fBnow\fR argument is present then
+Disable further playing. If the optional \fBnow\fR argument is present then
the current track is stopped. Requires the \fBglobal prefs\fR right.
.TP
.B edituser \fIUSERNAME PROPERTY VALUE
-Sets a user property. With the \fBadmin\fR right any username and property may
+Set a user property. With the \fBadmin\fR right any username and property may
be specified. Otherwise the \fBuserinfo\fR right is required and only the
\fBemail\fR and \fBpassword\fR properties may be set.
.TP
.B enable
-Re-enables further playing, and is the opposite of \fBdisable\fR. Requires the
+Re-enable further playing, and is the opposite of \fBdisable\fR. Requires the
\fBglobal prefs\fR right.
.TP
.B enabled
-Reports whether playing is enabled. The second field of the response line will
+Report whether playing is enabled. The second field of the response line will
be \fByes\fR or \fBno\fR.
.TP
.B exists \fITRACK\fR
-Reports whether the named track exists. The second field of the response line
+Report whether the named track exists. The second field of the response line
will be \fByes\fR or \fBno\fR.
.TP
.B files \fIDIRECTORY\fR [\fIREGEXP\fR]
-Lists all the files in \fIDIRECTORY\fR in a response body.
+List all the files in \fIDIRECTORY\fR in a response body.
If \fIREGEXP\fR is present only matching files are returned.
.TP
.B get \fITRACK\fR \fIPREF\fR
-Gets a preference value. On success the second field of the response line will
+Getsa preference value. On success the second field of the response line will
have the value.
.IP
If the track or preference do not exist then the response code is 555.
If the preference does not exist then the response code is 555.
.TP
.B length \fITRACK\fR
-Gets the length of the track in seconds. On success the second field of the
+Get the length of the track in seconds. On success the second field of the
response line will have the value.
.TP
.B log
-Sends event log messages in a response body. The command will never terminate.
+Send event log messages in a response body. The command will never terminate.
Any further data sent to the server will be discarded (explicitly; i.e. it will
not accumulate in a buffer somewhere).
.IP
depending on how the tracks came to be added to the queue.
.TP
.B new \fR[\fIMAX\fR]
-Sends the most recently added \fIMAX\fR tracks in a response body. If the
+Send the most recently added \fIMAX\fR tracks in a response body. If the
argument is ommitted, all recently added tracks are listed.
.TP
.B nop
.BR title .
.TP
.B pause
-Pause the current track. Requires the \fBpause\R right.
+Pause the current track. Requires the \fBpause\fR right.
.TP
.B play \fITRACK\fR
Add a track to the queue. The response contains the queue ID of the track.
Requires the \fBplay\fR right.
.TP
.B playing
-Reports what track is playing.
+Report what track is playing.
.IP
If the response is \fB252\fR then the rest of the response line consists of
track information (see below).
If the response is \fB259\fR then nothing is playing.
.TP
.B prefs \fBTRACK\fR
-Sends back the preferences for \fITRACK\fR in a response body.
+Send back the preferences for \fITRACK\fR in a response body.
Each line of the response has the usual line syntax, the first field being the
name of the pref and the second the value.
.TP
.B queue
-Sends back the current queue in a response body, one track to a line, the track
+Send back the current queue in a response body, one track to a line, the track
at the head of the queue (i.e. next to be be played) first. See below for the
track information syntax.
.TP
Enable random play. Requires the \fBglobal prefs\fR right.
.TP
.B random-enabled
-Reports whether random play is enabled. The second field of the response line
+Report whether random play is enabled. The second field of the response line
will be \fByes\fR or \fBno\fR.
.TP
.B recent
-Sends back the current recently-played list in a response body, one track to a
+Send back the current recently-played list in a response body, one track to a
line, the track most recently played last. See below for the track
information syntax.
.TP
Request that DisOrder reconfigure itself. Requires the \fBadmin\fR right.
command.
.TP
+.B register \fIUSER PASSWORD EMAIL
+Register a new user. Requires the \fBregister\fR right. The result contains a
+confirmation string; the user will be be able to log in until this has been
+presented back to the server via the \fBconfirm\fR command.
+.TP
.B remove \fIID\fR
Remove the track identified by \fIID\fR. Requires one of the \fBremove
mine\fR, \fBremove random\fR or \fBremove any\fR rights depending on how the
right.
.TP
.B revoke \fBcookie\fR
-Revokes a cookie previously created with \fBmake-cookie\fR. It will not be
+Revoke a cookie previously created with \fBmake-cookie\fR. It will not be
possible to use this cookie in the future.
.TP
.B rtp-address
-Reports the RTP broadcast (or multicast) address, in the form \fIADDRESS
+Report the RTP broadcast (or multicast) address, in the form \fIADDRESS
PORT\fR. This command does not require authentication.
.TP
.B scratch \fR[\fIID\fR]
below.
.TP
.B users
-Sends the list of currently known users in a response body.
+Send the list of currently known users in a response body.
.TP
.B version
Send back a response with the server version as the second field.
.B 9
The text part is just commentary (but would normally be a response for this
command) e.g. \fBplaying\fR.
+.PP
+Result strings (not bodies) intended for machine parsing (i.e. xx1 and xx2
+responses) are quoted.
.SH AUTHENTICATION
When a connection is made the server sends a \fB231\fR response before any
-command is received. This contains an algorithm name and a challenge encoded
-in hex.
+command is received. This contains a protocol generation, an algorithm name
+and a challenge encoded in hex, all separated by whitespace.
+.PP
+The current protocol generation is \fB2\fR.
.PP
-Currently the algorithm name is omitted if it is \fBsha1\fR (but this will
-probably change in a future version). The other options are \fBsha256\fR,
-\fBsha384\fR and \fBsha512\fR. \fBSHA1\fR etc work as synonyms.
+The possible algorithms are (currently) \fBsha1\fR, \fBsha256\fR, \fBsha384\fR
+and \fBsha512\fR. \fBSHA1\fR etc work as synonyms.
.PP
The \fBuser\fR response consists of the selected hash of the user's password
concatenated with the challenge, encoded in hex.
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