diff --git a/doc/README.urpmi b/doc/README.urpmi
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+Installation Steps
+------------------
+
+1. Check that all the required dependencies are installed.
+
+2. Create a postgresql database.
+
+The default database name is "terp". If you want to use another name, you
+will need to provide it when launching the server (by using the commandline
+option --database).
+
+To create a postgresql database named "terp" using the following command:
+    $ createdb --encoding=UNICODE terp
+
+If it is the first time you use postgresql you might need to create a new user
+to the postgres system using the following commands (where myusername is your
+unix user name):
+
+    $ su -
+    # su - postgres
+    $ createuser tinyerp
+    Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/n) y
+    Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/n) y
+    CREATE USER
+    $ logout
+    # logout
+
+3. Launch service daemon by "service tinyerp-server start".
+
+The first time it is run, the server will initialise the database with all the default values.
+
+4. Connect to the server using the GUI client.
+
+There are two accounts by default:
+    * login: admin, password:admin
+    * login: demo, password:demo
diff --git a/doc/openerp-server.conf b/doc/openerp-server.conf
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+[options]
+without_demo = False
+upgrade = False
+verbose = False
+xmlrpc = True
+db_user = False
+db_password = False
+root_path = None
+soap = False
+translate_modules = ['all']
+db_name = terp
+netrpc = True
+demo = {}
+interface = 
+db_host = False
+db_port = False
+port = 8069
+addons_path = None
+reportgz = False
+
diff --git a/doc/openerp-server.init b/doc/openerp-server.init
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+#!/bin/bash
+# tinyerp-server        This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
+#                       TinyERP server
+#
+# chkconfig: 345 95 05
+# description: TinyERP server
+#
+# pidfile: /var/run/tinyerp-server.pid
+# config: /etc/tinyerp-server.conf
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: tinyerp-server
+# Required-Start: postgresql
+# Required-Stop: postgresql
+# Should-Start: $network harddrake
+# Default-Start: 345
+# Short-Description: Launches the TinyERP server.
+# Description: This startup script launches the TinyERP server.
+### END INIT INFO
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+PIDFILE=/var/run/tinyerp/tinyerp-server.pid
+LOCKFILE=/var/lock/subsys/tinyerp-server
+LOGFILE=/var/log/tinyerp/tinyerp-server.log
+
+OPTS="--pidfile=$PIDFILE --logfile=$LOGFILE"
+
+prog="tinyerp-server"
+desc="TinyERP Server Daemon"
+
+# check if the tinyerp-server conf file is present, then use it
+if [ -f /etc/tinyerp-server.conf ]; then
+    OPTS="$OPTS -c /etc/tinyerp-server.conf"
+fi
+
+# Source function library
+if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ] ; then
+    . /etc/init.d/functions
+elif [ -f /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions ] ; then
+    . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+else
+ exit 0
+fi
+
+# check the existence of the tinyerp-server script
+[ -z "/usr/bin/tinyerp-server" ] && exit 0
+
+RETVAL=0
+
+start() {
+    echo -n $"Starting $desc ($prog): "
+    daemon --user tinyerp --check tinyerp-server \
+    "/usr/bin/setsid /usr/bin/tinyerp-server \
+    -c /etc/tinyerp-server.conf \
+    --pidfile=$PIDFILE \
+    --logfile=$LOGFILE &"
+
+    RETVAL=$?
+    echo
+    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $LOCKFILE
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $desc ($prog): "
+    kill -TERM `cat $PIDFILE` > /dev/null 2>&1
+        RETVAL=$?
+	    if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
+	        rm -f $LOCKFILE
+
+		echo_success
+		echo
+		    else
+		echo_failure
+		echo
+		    fi
+		return $RETVAL
+}    
+
+restart() {
+    stop
+    start
+}    
+
+condrestart() {
+    [ -e $LOCKFILE ] && restart || :
+}
+
+status() { 
+    if [ -f $PIDFILE ] ; then
+        checkpid `cat $PIDFILE`
+	RETVAL=$?
+        if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] ; then
+	    echo  $"$prog is running..."
+	else
+	    echo  $"$prog is stopped"
+	fi
+    else
+    	echo  $"$prog is stopped"
+    fi
+    return $RETVAL
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+start)
+    start
+    ;;
+
+stop)
+    stop
+    ;;
+
+restart|reload)
+    restart
+    ;;
+
+condrestart)
+    condrestart
+    ;;
+
+status)
+    status
+    ;;
+
+probe)
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+
+*)
+    echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|reload}"
+    exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/doc/openerp-server.logrotate b/doc/openerp-server.logrotate
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+/var/log/tinyerp/*.log {
+    copytruncate
+    missingok
+    notifempty
+}