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Added note about creation of elog account and group

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@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ To start the daemon automatically, enter:
which will start the daemon on run levels 3,4 and 5 after the next reboot. which will start the daemon on run levels 3,4 and 5 after the next reboot.
<p> <p>
Note that the RPM installation creates a user and group <b><code>elog</code></b>, under
which the daemon runs.
<p>
<h3><hr><i>Installation from the tarball</i>:</h3> <h3><hr><i>Installation from the tarball</i>:</h3>
@ -92,9 +95,22 @@ The <code><b>elogd</b></code> executable can be started manually for testing wit
<p> <p>
where the <b>-p</b> flag specifies the port. Without the <b>-p</b> flag, where the <b>-p</b> flag specifies the port. Without the <b>-p</b> flag,
the server uses the standard WWW port 80. Note that ports below 1024 can the server uses the standard WWW port 80. Note that ports below 1024 can
only be used if <code><b>elogd</b></code> is started a root, or the "<I>sticky bit</I>" is set on only be used if <code><b>elogd</b></code> is started under root, or the "<I>sticky bit</I>" is set on
the executable. the executable.
<p> <p>
When <b><code>elogd</code></b> is started under root, it attaches to the specified port
and tries to fall-back to a non-root account. This is necessary to avoid security problems.
It looks in the configuration file for the statements <b><code>Usr</code></b> and
<b><code>Grp.</code></b>. If found, <b><code>elogd</code></b> uses that user and goupe
name to run under. The names must of course be present on the system (usually
<b><code>/etc/passwd</b></code> and <b><code>/etc/group</b></code>). If the statements
<b><code>Usr</code></b> and <b><code>Grp.</code></b> are not present, <b><code>elogd</code></b>
tries user and group <b><code>elog</code></b>, then the default user and group (normally
<b><code>nogroup</code></b> and <b><code>nobody</code></b>). Care has to be taken
that <b><code>elogd</code></b>, when running under the specific user and group account,
has read and write access to the configuration file and logbook directories. Note that the
RPM installation automatically creates a user and group <b><code>elog</code></b>.
<p>
If the program complains with something like "<I>cannot bind to port</I>...", it If the program complains with something like "<I>cannot bind to port</I>...", it
could be that the network is not started on the Linux box. This can be could be that the network is not started on the Linux box. This can be
checked with the <code><b>/sbin/ifconfig</b></code> program, which must checked with the <code><b>/sbin/ifconfig</b></code> program, which must