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wesnoth-server_1.4.5-1_i386 
NAME
wesnothd - Battle for Wesnoth multiplayer network daemon
SYNOPSIS
wesnothd [-dv] [-c path] [-p port] [-t number] [-T number]
wesnothd -V
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 path, --config path
tells wesnothd where to find the config file to use. See the
section SERVER CONFIG below for the syntax. You can reload the
config with sending SIGHUP to the server process.
-d, --daemon
runs wesnothd as a daemon.
-h, --help
tells you what the command line options do.
--log-level=domain1,domain2,...
sets the severity level of the log domains. all can be used to
match any log domain. Available levels:
error, warning, info, debug. By default the error level is used
and the info level for the server domain.
-p port, --port port
binds the server to the specified port. If no port is specified,
port 15000 will be used.
-t number, --threads number
sets the maximum number of waiting worker threads for network
I/O to n (default: 5, max: 30).
-T number, --max-threads number
sets the maximum number of worker threads that will be created.
If set to 0 there will be no limit (default: 0).
-V, --version
shows version number and exits.
-v, --verbose
turns debug logging on.
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. 0 means
infinite. (default: 5)
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:
*admin*,*admln*,*server*,ai,ai?,computer,human,network,player.
max_messages
The number of allowed messages in messages_time_period.
(default: 4)
messages_time_period
The time period (in seconds) message flooding is detected in.
(default: 10 seconds)
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.
(defaults to the corresponding wesnoth version)
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.
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@verizon.net>. Edited by Nils
Kneuper <crazy-ivanovic@gmx.net>, ott <ott@gaon.net> and Soliton
<soliton.de@gmail.com>. This manual page was originally written by
Cyril Bouthors <cyril@bouthors.org>.
Visit the official homepage: http://www.wesnoth.org/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2003-2007 David White <davidnwhite@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.
SEE ALSO
wesnoth(6), wesnoth_editor(6)