1 Install an ejabberd with synchronized credentials
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9 - Change it's owner to whichever user is running the server, ie. ejabberd
11 $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php
13 - Change the access mode so it is readable only to the user ejabberd and has exec
15 $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php
17 - Edit your ejabberd.cfg file, comment out your auth_method and add:
19 {auth_method, external}.
20 {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
22 - Disable the module "mod_register" and disable the registration:
24 {access, register, [{deny, all}]}.
26 - Restart your ejabberd service, you should be able to login with your friendica credentials
30 - if a user has a space or a @ in the nickname, the user has to replace these characters:
31 - " " (space) is replaced with "%20"
32 - "@" is replaced with "(a)"