pioneers-meta-server(6)
meta game server for Pioneers
SYNOPSIS
pioneers-meta-server
[
options]
DESCRIPTION
Pioneers
is an implementation of the popular, award-winning "Settlers of Catan"
board game. It uses a client/server model for networked play. This program
provides a piece of network infrastructure that helps match pioneers clients to
pioneers servers. Casual players of pioneers probably do not need to run this
program.
OPTIONS
- -?, --help
-
Print a short help text and exit.
- -d, --daemon
-
Run in daemon mode.
- -P, --pidfile pidfile
-
Write the pid to pidfile (implies -d)
- -r, --redirect location
-
Redirect to another meta-server running at location.
- -s, --servername hostname
-
Use hostname as hostname when creating servers.
- -p, --port-range from-to
-
Use ports in the range from-to (inclusive) to start servers.
It is advised not to include port 5557 in the range. (See BUGS below.)
When this range is not specified, the meta-server will not be able to create
new games.
- --debug
-
Enable debug messages.
- --syslog-debug
-
Duplicate the messages of the syslog to the console.
- --version
-
Show version information.
ENVIRONMENT
The default settings of the meta-server can be influenced with the
following three environment variables:
- PIONEERS_META_SERVER
-
The hostname the meta-server will use when creating new games. This should
be a hostname that can be resolved by all clients that will connect.
- PIONEERS_SERVER_CONSOLE
-
The path to pioneers-server-console.
If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.
- PIONEERS_DIR
-
The path to the game definition files.
If it is not set, the default installation path will be used.
FILES
/usr/share/games/pioneers/*.game
-
Game definitions
BUGS
Do not include port 5557 in the
--port-range
argument because the meta-server uses this port.
