* [Install](help/Install)
* [Settings](help/Settings)
* [Installing Connectors (Twitter/GNU Social)](help/Installing-Connectors)
+* [Install an ejabberd with synchronized credentials](help/install-ejabberd.md)
* [Message Flow](help/Message-Flow)
* [Using SSL with Friendica](help/SSL)
* [Twitter/GNU Social API Functions](help/api)
* [Konfigurationen](help/Settings)
* [Plugins](help/Plugins)
* [Konnektoren (Connectors) installieren (Twitter/GNU Social)](help/Installing-Connectors)
+* [Installation eines ejabberd Servers mit synchronisierten Anmeldedaten](help/install-ejabberd.md) (EN)
* [Nachrichtenfluss](help/Message-Flow)
* [Betreibe deine Seite mit einem SSL-Zertifikat](help/SSL)
* [Entwickler](help/Developers)
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+Install an ejabberd with synchronized credentials
+=================================================
+
+* [Home](help)
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+- Change it's owner to whichever user is running the server, ie. ejabberd
+
+ $ chown ejabberd:ejabberd /path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php
+
+- Change the access mode so it is readable only to the user ejabberd and has exec
+
+ $ chmod 700 /path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php
+
+- Edit your ejabberd.cfg file, comment out your auth_method and add:
+
+ {auth_method, external}.
+ {extauth_program, "/path/to/friendica/include/auth_ejabberd.php"}.
+
+- Disable the module "mod_register" and disable the registration:
+
+ {access, register, [{deny, all}]}.
+
+- Restart your ejabberd service, you should be able to login with your friendica credentials
+
+Other hints
+-----------
+- if a user has a space or a @ in the nickname, the user has to replace these characters:
+ - " " (space) is replaced with "%20"
+ - "@" is replaced with "(a)"
+
* [Settings](help/Settings)
* [Plugins](help/Plugins)
* [Installing Connectors (Twitter/GNU Social)](help/Installing-Connectors)
+* [Install an ejabberd with synchronized credentials](help/install-ejabberd.md)
* [Message Flow](help/Message-Flow)
* [Using SSL with Friendica](help/SSL)
* [Developers](help/Developers)