refdb handbook: covers version 0.9.6
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II. Administrator manual

Table of Contents
4. Installation
4.1. Quickstart guide
4.2. Upgrading from an older version
4.2.1. 0.9.5
4.2.2. 0.9.4
4.2.3. 0.9.3
4.2.4. 0.9
4.3. Things to know before you start
4.3.1. Which database server?
4.3.2. Where do the components go?
4.3.2.1. Installation on a standalone workstation
4.3.2.2. Installation in a network
4.3.3. The mystery of the configuration files
4.3.3.1. Types of configuration files
4.3.3.2. Configuration file syntax
4.3.3.3. A configuration example
4.3.3.4. Configuration file variables
4.3.4. Environment variables
4.3.5. Some notes on the filesystem
4.4. Installation on Linux and other Unix variants
4.4.1. Generic instructions
4.4.1.1. Prerequisites
4.4.1.2. Installation from the sources
4.4.1.3. Living on the bleeding edge: installing a CVS version
4.4.1.4. Installation of refdbd as a daemon
4.4.2. OS-specific hints
4.4.2.1. Linux
4.4.2.2. FreeBSD
4.4.2.3. NetBSD
4.4.2.4. Solaris
4.4.2.5. OSX
4.5. Installation on Windows NT/2000/XP
4.5.1. Prerequisites
4.5.1.1. External applications
4.5.1.2. Libraries
4.5.2. Installation from the sources
4.5.3. Installation of prebuilt binaries
4.6. Installation on Windows 95/98/ME
4.7. Other operating systems
4.8. Finishing the refdb installation
4.8.1. Configuring your database server
4.8.1.1. MySQL
4.8.1.2. PostgreSQL
4.8.1.3. SQLite
4.8.2. Creating the databases
4.8.2.1. MySQL
4.8.2.2. PostgreSQL
4.8.2.3. SQLite
4.8.3. Configuration files
4.8.4. The SGML/XML support files
4.8.5. The shell scripts
4.9. Testing your installation
5. refdb administration
5.1. Create a database
5.2. Delete a database
5.3. Add or remove a user
5.3.1. Add users
5.3.1.1. MySQL
5.3.1.2. PostgreSQL
5.3.2. Remove users
5.4. Configure the application server
5.4.1. Configuration at startup
5.4.2. Reconfiguring a running refdbd process
5.5. Add, edit, or delete bibliography styles
5.6. Logging data
5.6.1. What to log
5.6.2. Destinations
5.6.3. Log levels
5.6.4. Interpreting the log information
5.7. Security issues
5.7.1. Passwords
5.7.2. Database server access control
5.7.2.1. MySQL
5.7.2.2. PostgreSQL
5.8. How to run several refdb instances
5.9. Backup your data
5.9.1. Creating a risx dump
5.9.2. Creating a SQL dump
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