• Total concurrent users that chatting on server located at
  
  [INSTALLED_PATH]/server/data/virtual_XXX/counter/counter.txt
  
  
• Total concurrent users,room's name, participants in each room located at
  
  [INSTALLED_PATH]/server/data/virtual_XXX/counter/room_counter.txt
  
  Before using this "room's counter" you may need to follow this instruction
  
  • Use your favorite text editor open this file
    
    [INSTALLED_PATH]/server/data/virtual_XXX/properties.conf
    
    Insert or edit these 2 lines.
    
    update_room_counter=true
update_counter_immediately=true
    
    
  • Restart your chat server to make it take effect, the server will periodically update the room's counter every 30 secs.
    
    
  According to format of room's counter is
  
  

  [ROOM_NAME],[TOTAL PARTICIPANTS],[USER_1],[USER_2],...,[USER_N];
  				

  For example.

  Room1,50,jackson,smith,...,guest_50;
  Room2,100,smith,Jenny,John,...,guest_100;
  ....
  ....
  Room100,3,smith,Jenny,John;
  				

		
use_external_authentication=true
		
		

		
#################################
# External authentication URL   #
#################################
# usage	: external_authentication_url=[HTTP_PATH]
#
# ie.	: external_authentication_url=http://www.your_domain:8080/path_to_verify_script/
#
# desc.	: External verification URL.
#	  Use this option companion with "use_external_authentication" only when you set the above value to "true"
#	  By default the value of this field is blank.
external_authentication_url=http://yourhostname/path_to_integration_module/

		
		

#######################################################
# Server Script type for external verification method #
#######################################################
# usage	: server_script_type=[asp, ,aspx, php, jsp or servlet]
#
# ie	: server_script_type=php 
#	  or 
#	  server_script_type=asp 
#	  or 
#	  server_script_type=jsp 
#	  or 
#	  server_script_type=servlet
#	  or 
#	  server_script_type=aspx
#
# desc	: Server Script type
#	  Use this option companion with "use_external_authentication" only when you set the above value to "true"
#	  By default the value is "php"
server_script_type=php

		

• cmd_signin - (The page use for login authentication)
• cmd_update_passwd - (The page use to update password)
• cmd_view_profile - (The page use to explain user's profile)

• Input format
  • str_username - String of username
  • str_password - String of password
• Output format
  Output format of "cmd_signin" consist of 1 single word.
  • String format between "false" or "success". Display "success" when the user successfully login to system. And display "false" when the authentication failed.
  
  Examples
  success
  
  
• Todo list
  You must use your server side script retreive 2 variables "str_username" and "str_password" and write yourown authentication mechanism. And return the result single word between "success" or "false". Therefore the GaraxiChat server will read it immediately.

• Input format
  • str_username - String of username
  • str_old_password - String of current password
  • str_new_password - String of new password
• Output format
  • String format between "false" or "success". Display "success" when the password changing successful (According to to the password chaning machanism you must implement it yourself). And return "false" when the password updating failed.
  
  Examples
  false
  
  
• Todo list
  You must use your server side script retreive 3 variables "str_username" , "str_old_password" and "str_new_password" and write yourown authentication mechanism to check the similarity between "str_old_password" and "str_new_password". And write yourown password updating machanism. And return the result single word between "success" and "false". Therefore the GaraxiChat server will read it immediately.

• Input format
  • str_username - String of username.
• Output format
  Display the user's information in format below
  
  '[USER_TYPE]','[USER_ICON]','[REAL NAME]','[EMAIL]','[MSN]','[YAHOO MESSENGER]','[ICQ]','[HOMEPAGE]','[PROFILE]';
  
  Where
  • [USER_TYPE] - integer of user_type, where
        0 - is normal user
        1 - is Admin privileges user.
    
  • [USER_ICON] - integer of user_icon index
  • [REAL NAME] - String of real name
  • [EMAIL] - String of email
  • [MSN] - String of msn
  • [YAHOO MESSENGER] - String of yahoo email.
  • [ICQ] - String of icq number.
  • [HOMEPAGE] - String of homepage URL.
  • [PROFILE] - String of profile
  If the data in each field is blank you must use the " " (single space) instead of null or ",,,," like this.
  Example
  
  0,1,Firstname Lastname,someone@somehost.biz, ,-,xx@xxx.com
  
  or
  
  1,0,Firstname Lastname,hotmale@xxxxxxx.com,some_account@hotmail.com,some_account@yahoo.co,70030404,Profile here !
  
  
• Todo list
  Retreive 1 variable "str_username" and you can query the user's information from database. Or fetch information from LDAP server or whatever you want. And write the output as the format above.