@@ -228,12 +228,17 @@ after you are finished with C).

 If you don't use an rpm or debian based distro, try our tar.gz'ed binaries

  (ser-$(version)_$(os)_$(arch).tar.gz, e.g: ser-0.8.8_linux_i386.tar.gz).

 If you use Solaris 8 you can try our solaris package.

+If you use Gentoo Linux you do not have to download a package.

 2) install the package

 RPM:

     rpm -i <package_name>

 debian:

     dpkg -i <package_name>

+gentoo:

+    emerge ser

+	(or if use only stable packets:

+	 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge ser)

 tar.gz:

     cd /; tar zxvf <package_name>_os_arch.tar.gz

     (it will install in /usr/local/, and the configuration file in

@@ -244,7 +249,7 @@ Solaris:

     pkg_add package_name

 3) start the server

-RPM:

+RPM + gentoo:

     /etc/init.d/ser start

 debian:

     ser is started automatically after the install

@@ -297,10 +302,16 @@ proceed, you need to make sure MySQL is installed on your box.

     (rpm and deb provided, most of the binary tar.gz distributions and the 

      solaris package include it; if it is not present you'll have to rebuild

      from the source).

+	For gentoo please include 'mysql' to your USE variable in /etc/make.conf

+	or give it as variable to the emerge command.

 2) install the package

     rpm -i <package_name>

     or

     dpkg -i <package_name>

+	or

+	emerge ser

+	(if do not want to put 'mysql' into your USE variable you can type:

+	 USE="mysql" emerge ser)

 3) create MySQL tables

 	- if you have a previously installed SER on your system, use

     	/usr/sbin/ser_mysql.sh create

@@ -314,6 +325,7 @@ proceed, you need to make sure MySQL is installed on your box.

     authentication:

     - loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so"

     - loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/auth.so"

+    - loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/auth_db.so"

     - modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 2)

     - modparam("auth", "calculate_ha1", yes)

     - if (!www_authorize("iptel.org", "subscriber")) {