Added reference storage.

[fa-stable.git] / install.html

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@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ system relies on. Classes are used extensively by this system. When
 sessions are required they are started by the system and this setting
 of <strong><em>session.auto_start</em></strong>
 can and should be set to 0. </li>
+<li>
+For security reasons both Register Globals and Magic Quotes php settings 
+should be set to Off. When FrontAccounting is used with www server running 
+php as Apache module, respective flags are set in .htaccess file. When your
+server uses CGI interface to PHP you should set 
+<strong><em>magic_quotes_gpc = 0</em></strong> and 
+<strong><em>register_globals = 0</em></strong> in php.ini file.
+</li>
 <li><strong><em>Innodb</em></strong>
 tables must be enabled in the MySQL server. These tables allow database
 transactions which are a critical component of the software. This is
@@ -73,9 +81,7 @@ recommended)</h2>
 development, the database structure will ALWAYS change between
 releases, so if you have a database that you created for a previous
 release of FrontAccounting, it WILL NOT WORK after installing a new
-release. You may run the script, update_db.php and select the
-appropriate script, f.i. alter.sql&nbsp; and alter2.sql (from
-release 1.XX to release 2.0). </li>
+release.&nbsp;<br />Please look in the file <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Update.html</span> for how to handle this. </li>
 <li>We strongly suggest using a GUI to manage your
 database(s) and database users. If you don&#8217;t have any, download <a href="http://www.phpmyadmin.net/"><strong>phpMyAdmin</strong></a>.
 </li>