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In this tutorial we will be exploring the DOCman configuration.

• Begin by clicking on Configuration from the DOCman control panel
• This is where you can change the folder you store your documents in. You can change it to any location you like, but it needs to be writable

• Set this to off if you do not want regular users to have access. This is useful when upgrading or testing the system
• You can edit the type of file extensions that can be viewed. This can keep regular users from access certain doc types
• You can set the number of documents to show per page
• You can change the default sort order
• You can allow users to discuss documents on your site
• You can change the size of the icons to fit your site's style
• You can set DOCman to automatically clean up the output. This will save bandwidth and loading time
• You can set how long a document is marked a new document
• You can set how many times a document needs to be downloaded to be considered hot
• You can enter licenses for your documents, and set if they should be displayed here

• You can change the permissions for guests to your site. These are users who are not logged in
• You can set the lowest user group that has access to upload new documents
• You can set the lowest user group that has access to approve newly uploaded documents
• You can set the lowest user group that has access to publish newly approved documents
• You can set which user or group can view documents
• You can set if the document creator or maintainer can change who has access to view the document
• You can set the user or group that has access to maintain the document
• You can set if the creator or maintainer can change who can maintain the document
• You can set the access that document creators have to their document

• You can set the methods that users can use to upload files
• You can set the largest size an uploaded file can be. There may be filesize restrictions set by your server software as well
• Show newly uploaded files overwrite files with the same name?
• You can set the file extensions that are allowed for uploaded files. This can keep users from uploading harmful files
• If this is set to yes register users can upload all files, ignoring the previous restrictions
• Should file names automatically be converted to lowercase?
• Should filenames be allowed to have spaces in them?
• You can set a list of filenames that cannot be used

• The anti-leech system allows you to set it so only approved locations can access your files
• You can set the lists os sites who can access your system is the anti-leech system is on
• You can log access to your documents

• You can change the update server for DOCman.