NAME
wesnothd − Battle for Wesnoth multiplayer network daemon
SYNOPSIS
wesnothd [−dvV] [−c path] [−p port] [−t number]
DESCRIPTION
Manages Battle for Wesnoth multiplayer games. See http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ServerAdministration on what commands the server accepts via the wesnoth client or the socket.
OPTIONS
-c, --config path
tells wesnothd where to find the config file to use. See the section SERVER CONFIG below for the syntax.
-d, --daemon
runs wesnothd as a daemon.
-h, --help
tells you what the command line options do.
-p, --port port
binds the server to the specified port. If no port is specified, port 15000 will be used.
-t, --threads number
sets the number of worker threads for network I/O to n (default: 5, max: 30).
-V, --version
shows version number and exits.
-v, --verbose
turns on more verbose logging.
SERVER CONFIG
The general
syntax is:
[tag]
key="value"
key="value,value,..."
[/tag]
Global keys:
connections_allowed
The number of allowed connections from the same IP.
disallow_names
Names/nicks that are not accepted by the server. ’*’ and ’?’ from wildcard patterns are supported. See glob(7) for more details. Default values (used if nothing is specified) are: ’server,ai,player,network,human,admin,computer’.
max_messages
The number of allowed messages in messages_time_period.
messages_time_period
The time period (in seconds) message flooding is detected in.
motd |
The message of the day. | ||
passwd |
The password used to gain admin privileges. Usually it starts with "admin ". |
versions_accepted
A comma separated list of
version strings to be accepted by the server.
’*’ and ’?’ from wildcard patterns
are supported.
Example: versions_accepted="*" accepts any version
string.
Global tags:
[redirect] A tag to specify a server to redirect certain
client versions to.
host |
The address of the server to redirect to. |
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port |
The port to connect to. |
version
A comma separated list of versions to redirect. Behaves the same way as versions_accepted in regard to wildcard patterns.
[proxy] A tag to tell the server to act as a proxy and forward the connected client’s requests to the specified server. Accepts the same keys as [redirect].
AUTHOR
Written by
David White <davidnwhite [AT] verizon.net>. Edited by Nils
Kneuper <crazy-ivanovic [AT] gmx.net>, ott
<ott [AT] gaon.net> and Soliton
<soliton [AT] sonnenkinder.org>. This manual page was
originally written by Cyril Bouthors
<cyril [AT] bouthors.org>.
Visit the official homepage: http://www.wesnoth.org/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
© 2003-2006 David White <davidnwhite [AT] verizon.net>
This is Free Software; this software is licensed under the
GPL version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.