Described older config.inc.php support (RFE #968177).

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Michal Čihař
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libraries/display_export.lib.php, libraries/export/xls.php,
Documentation.html: EXPERIMENTAL native MS Excel export support, using
PEAR module Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer (RFE #968110).
* Documentation.html: Described older config.inc.php support (RFE
#968177).
2004-06-07 Alexander M. Turek <me@derrabus.de>
* css/phpmyadmin.css.php: beautifications.

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end of lines character (&quot;<tt>\r</tt>&quot;).
</p>
<p><b>Quick Install:</b></p>
<h3>Quick Install</h3>
<ol>
<li> Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the subdirectories):
<tt>tar -xzvf phpMyAdmin_x.x.x.tar.gz</tt> in your webserver's
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</ol>
<p><b>Upgrading from an older version:</b></p>
<h3>Upgrading from an older version</h3>
<ul>
<li>Please do not copy your older <i>config.inc.php</i> over the new one: it may
offer new configuration variables, and the new version may depend on
these for normal behavior. It is suggested instead to insert your site
values in the new one.</li>
<li>
You can safely copy your older <i>config.inc.php</i> over a new one, if
you can live with default values for possible new parameters (you can
check release notes to see what new features were added). This
compatibility will stay for long time, current version supports
importing config files from 2.2 and maybe even older (nobody has tried
that).
</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Using authentication modes:</b></p>
<h3>Using authentication modes</h3>
<ul>
<li>HTTP and cookie authentication modes are recommended in a <b>multi-user
environment</b> where you want to give users access to their own
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</li>
</ul>
<p><b>'http' authentication mode:</b></p>
<h4>'http' authentication mode</h4>
<ul>
<li>Was called 'advanced' in versions before 2.2.3.</li>
<li>Introduced in 1.3.0, it uses Basic HTTP authentication method and
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with 'http' authentication mode.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>'cookie' authentication mode:</b></p>
<h4>'cookie' authentication mode</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can use this method as a replacement for the HTTP
authentication (for example, if you're running IIS).
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<tt><a href="#AllowArbitraryServer">$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']</a></tt> directive.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>'config' authentication mode:</b></p>
<h4>'config' authentication mode</h4>
<ul>
<li>This mode is the less secure one because it requires you to fill the
<tt><a href="#servers_user">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']</a></tt> and