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diff --git a/docs/USERGUIDE.md b/docs/USERGUIDE.md index fc9cf40..a802ae1 100644 --- a/docs/USERGUIDE.md +++ b/docs/USERGUIDE.md @@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ Someone who runs a node invites you. You need an account on the same hub first. 1. **They send you a code** — eight characters like `K7P2-9WQX`, by message, mail, or read out loud. It is good for 7 days by default, works once, and only for your account in that one group. -2. **You sign in**, and the group is already in your sidebar. +2. **You sign in**, and the group is waiting under **Invitations** on your + home page. **Accept** it — until you do, nothing connects to it — and it + joins your sidebar. **Decline** if you did not expect it. 3. **You open it.** It says *"This node needs to recognise you"*. Paste the code. 4. Done — the machine hosting the group recognises you from now on, and the @@ -566,10 +568,19 @@ meshbay-node member invite alice_dupont Or the group's **Members** tab, from a paired browser. -They need an account on the same hub first. The invitation registers their -membership on the hub and produces a code that never goes near it. Send the -code out of band; they enter it the first time they open the group. You do not -need to be online then. +They need an account on the same hub first. The invitation appears on their +home page, where they accept it, and produces a code that never goes near the +hub. Send the code out of band; they enter it the first time they open the +group. You do not need to be online then. + +### Other nodes hosting your group + +Your own nodes serve your groups without asking. Any other node — a member's, +say, offering a second copy — serves one of your groups only after you approve +it: it appears in the group's settings under **Hosts**, and you are notified +the first time it asks. **Approve** or **Refuse**; either can be changed later. +A member's node holds the same group key as everyone, so a node you did not +approve could otherwise present itself to your members as the group's host. **Inviting someone who has no account yet** is a link: |