New option resource_conflict defines server action (thanks to Lee Boynton)(EJAB-650)

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diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex
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--- a/doc/guide.tex
+++ b/doc/guide.tex
@@ -1215,6 +1215,16 @@ The following authentication methods are supported by \ejabberd{}:
 
 Account creation is only supported by internal, external and odbc methods.
 
+The option \option{resource\_conflict} defines the action when a client attempts to
+login to an account with a resource that is already connected.
+The option syntax is:
+\esyntax{\{resource\_conflict, setresource|closenew|closeold\}.}
+The possible values match exactly the three possibilities described in
+\footahref{http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6120\#section-7.7.2.2}{XMPP Core: section 7.7.2.2}.
+The default value is \term{closeold}.
+If the client uses old Jabber Non-SASL authentication (\xepref{0078}),
+then this option is not respected, and the action performed is \term{closeold}.
+
 \makesubsubsection{internalauth}{Internal}
 \ind{internal authentication}\ind{Mnesia}