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.TH WESNOTHD 6 2021 wesnothd "Battle for Wesnoth multiplayer network daemon"
.
.SH NAME
.
wesnothd \- Battle for \fBWesnoth\fP multiplayer network daemon
.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.
\fBwesnothd\fP [\|\fB\-dv\fP\|] [\|\fB\-c\fP \fIpath\fP\|] [\|\fB\-p\fP \fIport\fP\|] [\|\fB\-t\fP
\fInumber\fP\|] [\|\fB\-T\fP \fInumber\fP\|]
.br
\fBwesnothd\fP \fB\-V\fP
.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.
Manages Battle for Wesnoth multiplayer games. See
https://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/ServerAdministration on what commands the
server accepts via the wesnoth client (/query ...) or the fifo.
.
.SH OPTIONS
.
.TP
\fB\-c\ \fP\fIpath\fP\fB,\ \-\-config\fP\fI\ path\fP
tells wesnothd where to find the config file to use. See the section
\fBSERVER CONFIG\fP below for the syntax. You can reload the config with
sending SIGHUP to the server process.
.TP
\fB\-d, \-\-daemon\fP
runs wesnothd as a daemon.
.TP
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP
tells you what the command line options do.
.TP
\fB\-\-log\-\fP\fIlevel\fP\fB=\fP\fIdomain1\fP\fB,\fP\fIdomain2\fP\fB,\fP\fI...\fP
sets the severity level of the log domains. \fBall\fP can be used to match any
log domain. Available levels: \fBerror\fP,\ \fBwarning\fP,\ \fBinfo\fP,\ \fBdebug\fP.
By default the \fBerror\fP level is used and the \fBinfo\fP level for the
\fBserver\fP domain.
.TP
\fB\-p\ \fP\fIport\fP\fB,\ \-\-port\fP\fI\ port\fP
binds the server to the specified port. If no port is specified, port
\fB15000\fP will be used.
.TP
\fB\-t\ \fP\fInumber\fP\fB,\ \-\-threads\fP\fI\ number\fP
sets the maximum number of waiting worker threads for network I/O to n
(default: \fB5\fP,\ max:\ \fB30\fP).
.TP
\fB\-T\ \fP\fInumber\fP\fB,\ \-\-max\-threads\fP\fI\ number\fP
sets the maximum number of worker threads that will be created. If set to
\fB0\fP there will be no limit (default: \fB0\fP).
.TP
\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP
shows version number and exits.
.TP
\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP
turns debug logging on.
.
.SH "SERVER CONFIG"
.
.SS "The general syntax is:"
.
.P
[\fItag\fP]
.IP
\fIkey\fP="\fIvalue\fP"
.IP
\fIkey\fP="\fIvalue\fP,\fIvalue\fP,..."
.P
[/\fItag\fP]
.
.SS "Global keys:"
.
.TP
\fBallow_remote_shutdown\fP
If set to \fBno\fP (default), shut_down and restart requests are ignored unless
they come from the fifo. Set it to \fByes\fP to allow remote shutdown via a
/query by an administrator.
.TP
\fBban_save_file\fP
Full or relative path to a (gzip compressed) file that the server can read
and write. Bans will be saved to this file and read again on server start.
.TP
\fBcompress_stored_rooms\fP
Determines whether the rooms file should be read and written to in
compressed form. Default value is \fByes\fP.
.TP
\fBconnections_allowed\fP
The number of allowed connections from the same IP. \fB0\fP means
infinite. (default: \fB5\fP)
.TP
\fBdisallow_names\fP
Names/nicks that are not accepted by the server. \fB*\fP and \fB?\fP from
wild\-card patterns are supported. See \fBglob\fP(7) for more details. Default
values (used if nothing is specified) are:
\fB*admin*,*admln*,*server*,ai,ai?,computer,human,network,player\fP.
.TP
\fBfifo_path\fP
The path to the fifo you can echo server commands into (same as /query
\&... from wesnoth). The compile\-time path is used by default if it is not
specified (default: \fB/var/run/wesnothd/socket\fP).
.TP
\fBmax_messages\fP
The number of allowed messages in \fBmessages_time_period\fP. (default: \fB4\fP)
.TP
\fBmessages_time_period\fP
The time period (in seconds) message flooding is detected in. (default:
\fB10\fP seconds)
.TP
\fBmotd\fP
The message of the day.
.TP
\fBnew_room_policy\fP
Determines who can create new rooms on the server. Available values are
\fBeveryone\fP, \fBregistered\fP, \fBadmin\fP and \fBnobody\fP, and give the permission
respectively to everyone, registered users, admin users or disables new room
creation. Default value is \fBeveryone\fP.
.TP
\fBpasswd\fP
The password used to gain admin privileges (via \fB/query admin
\fP\fIpassword\fP).
.TP
\fBreplay_save_path\fP
The directory where the server stores game replays. (Don't forget the
trailing /!) It is set to `' by default, which means the directory wesnothd
was started in.
.TP
\fBrestart_command\fP
The command that the server uses to start a new server process via the
\fBrestart\fP command. (Can only be issued via the fifo. See the
\fBallow_remote_shutdown\fP setting.)
.TP
\fBroom_save_file\fP
Path to a file where the room info should be stored. This file is read on
server start\-up and written to later. If empty or not set, rooms are not
loaded and not saved.
.TP
\fBsave_replays\fP
Defines whether the server will automatically save replays of
games. (default: \fBfalse\fP)
.TP
\fBversions_accepted\fP
A comma separated list of version strings to be accepted by the server. \fB*\fP
and \fB?\fP from wild\-card patterns are supported. (default is the
corresponding wesnoth version)
.br
Example: \fBversions_accepted="*"\fP accepts any version string.
.TP
\fBuser_handler\fP
The name of the user handler to use. Currently available user handlers are
\fBforum\fP (to connect wesnothd to a phpbb forum database) and \fBsample\fP (a
sample implementation of the user handler interface, if you use this on
anything real you are insane). The default value is \fBforum\fP. You must also
add a \fB[user_handler]\fP section, see below.
.
.SS "Global tags:"
.
.P
\fB[redirect]\fP A tag to specify a server to redirect certain client versions
to.
.RS
.TP
\fBhost\fP
The address of the server to redirect to.
.TP
\fBport\fP
The port to connect to.
.TP
\fBversion\fP
A comma separated list of versions to redirect. Behaves the same way as
\fBversions_accepted\fP in regard to wild\-card patterns.
.RE
.P
\fB[ban_time]\fP A tag to define convenient keywords for temporary ban time
lengths.
.RS
.TP
\fBname\fP
The name used to reference the ban time.
.TP
\fBtime\fP
The time length definition. The format is: %d[%s[%d%s[...]]] where %s is s
(seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), D (days), M (months) or Y (years) and %d
is a number. If no time modifier is given minutes (m) are assumed.
Example: \fBtime="1D12h30m"\fP results in a ban time of 1 day, 12 hours and 30
minutes.
.RE
.P
\fB[proxy]\fP 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 \fB[redirect]\fP.
.RE
.P
\fB[user_handler]\fP Configures the user handler. Available keys vary depending
on which user handler is set with the \fBuser_handler\fP key. If no
\fB[user_handler]\fP section is present in the configuration the server will
run without any nick registration service. All additional tables that are
needed for the \fBforum_user_handler\fP to function can be found in
table_definitions.sql in the Wesnoth source repository.
.RS
.TP
\fBdb_host\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The hostname of the database server
.TP
\fBdb_name\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the database
.TP
\fBdb_user\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the user under which to log into the
database
.TP
\fBdb_password\fP
(for user_handler=forum) This user's password
.TP
\fBdb_users_table\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the table in which your phpbb forums
saves its user data. Most likely this will be <table\-prefix>_users
(e.g. phpbb3_users).
.TP
\fBdb_extra_table\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the table in which wesnothd will save
its own data about users. You will have to create this table manually.
.TP
\fBdb_game_info_table\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the table in which wesnothd will save
its own data about games.
.TP
\fBdb_game_player_info_table\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the table in which wesnothd will save
its own data about the players in a game.
.TP
\fBdb_game_modification_info_table\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the table in which wesnothd will save
its own data about the modifications used in a game.
.TP
\fBdb_user_group_table\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The name of the table in which your phpbb forums
saves its user group data. Most likely this will be
<table\-prefix>_user_group (e.g. phpbb3_user_group).
.TP
\fBmp_mod_group\fP
(for user_handler=forum) The ID of the forum group to be considered as
having moderation authority.
.TP
\fBuser_expiration\fP
(for user_handler=sample) The time after which a registered nick expires (in
days).
.RE
.P
\fB[mail]\fP Configures an SMTP server through which the user handler can send
mail. Currently only used by the sample user handler.
.RS
.TP
\fBserver\fP
The hostname of the mail server
.TP
\fBusername\fP
The user name under which to log into the mail server.
.TP
\fBpassword\fP
This user's password.
.TP
\fBfrom_address\fP
The reply\-to address of your mail.
.TP
\fBmail_port\fP
The port on which your mail server is running. Default is 25.
.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.
Normal exit status is 0 when the server was properly shutdown. An exit
status of 2 indicates an error with the command line options.
.
.SH AUTHOR
.
Written by David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>. Edited by Nils
Kneuper <crazy\-ivanovic@gmx.net>, ott <ott@gaon.net>,
Soliton <soliton.de@gmail.com> and Thomas Baumhauer
<thomas.baumhauer@gmail.com>. This manual page was originally
written by Cyril Bouthors <cyril@bouthors.org>.
.br
Visit the official homepage: https://www.wesnoth.org/
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.SH COPYRIGHT
.
Copyright \(co 2003\-2021 David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>
.br
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.
.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBwesnoth\fP(6)