wesnothd(6)

1WESNOTHD(6)      Battle for Wesnoth multiplayer network daemon     WESNOTHD(6)
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NAME

6       wesnothd - Battle for Wesnoth multiplayer network daemon
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SYNOPSIS

9       wesnothd [-dvV] [-c path] [-p port] [-t number]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Manages  Battle  for  Wesnoth  multiplayer  games.  See http://www.wes‐
13       noth.org/wiki/ServerAdministration on what commands the server  accepts
14       via the wesnoth client or the socket.
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OPTIONS

17       -c, --config path
18              tells  wesnothd  where  to  find the config file to use. See the
19              section SERVER CONFIG below for the syntax.
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21       -d, --daemon
22              runs wesnothd as a daemon.
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24       -h, --help
25              tells you what the command line options do.
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27       -p, --port port
28              binds the server to the specified port. If no port is specified,
29              port 15000 will be used.
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31       -t, --threads number
32              sets the number of worker threads for network I/O to n (default:
33              5, max: 30).
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35       -V, --version
36              shows version number and exits.
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38       -v, --verbose
39              turns on more verbose logging.
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SERVER CONFIG

42   The general syntax is:
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45              key="value"
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47              key="value,value,..."
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51   Global keys:
52       connections_allowed
53              The number of allowed connections from the same IP.
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55       disallow_names
56              Names/nicks that are not accepted by the  server.  `*'  and  `?'
57              from  wildcard  patterns  are  supported.  See  glob(7) for more
58              details.  Default values (used if  nothing  is  specified)  are:
59              `server,ai,player,network,human,admin,computer'.
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61       max_messages
62              The number of allowed messages in messages_time_period.
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64       messages_time_period
65              The time period (in seconds) message flooding is detected in.
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67       motd   The message of the day.
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69       passwd The  password  used  to gain admin privileges. Usually it starts
70              with "admin ".
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72       versions_accepted
73              A comma separated list of version strings to be accepted by  the
74              server. `*' and `?' from wildcard patterns are supported.
75              Example: versions_accepted="*" accepts any version string.
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77   Global tags:
78       [redirect]  A  tag  to specify a server to redirect certain client ver‐
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81              host   The address of the server to redirect to.
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83              port   The port to connect to.
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85              version
86                     A comma separated list of versions to  redirect.  Behaves
87                     the  same  way as versions_accepted in regard to wildcard
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90       [proxy] A tag to tell the server to act as a proxy and forward the con‐
91       nected  client's  requests  to  the specified server.  Accepts the same
92       keys as [redirect].
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AUTHOR

95       Written by David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>.  Edited by Nils Kneu‐
96       per  <crazy-ivanovic@gmx.net>,  ott  <ott@gaon.net>  and Soliton <soli‐
97       ton@sonnenkinder.org>.  This manual  page  was  originally  written  by
98       Cyril Bouthors <cyril@bouthors.org>.
99       Visit the official homepage: http://www.wesnoth.org/
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COPYRIGHT

102       Copyright © 2003-2006 David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>
103       This  is Free Software; this software is licensed under the GPL version
104       2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.  There is NO warranty;
105       not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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