[cod] Start COD4 Linux Dedicated via Webinterface

[Marco Padovan]

that's a very insecure way to start gameservers :/


On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM, <b.m.schiltmans at planet.nl> wrote:

>  Sound like a problem with uninitialized (system)variables. When a command
> is started through php, it doesn't load your profile and therefor things
> like your path are not set. Try including paths on all commands, so
> /usr/bin/screen instead of just screen.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Grtz
> Bram
>
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Taraman [mailto:Taraman at gmx.de <Taraman at gmx.de>]
> Verzonden: wo 9-12-2009 13:54
> Aan: cod at icculus.org
> Onderwerp: [cod] Start COD4 Linux Dedicated via Webinterface
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm just programming a Webinterface for our LAN-server.
> My problem is, that the cod4 server does not start via the Webinterface.
>
> I have a Shell-script called gameserver.sh that starts the different
> servers via "/somedir/gameserver.sh cod4 start"
> This script works fine when used from a terminal - also if called from
> different directories. The Server itself is then running like a charm.
> The Script basically changes the directory to the game directory via "cd
> /home/me/cod4" and then launches the server with Screen -dmS
>
> In the Webinterface the script is called by PHP with
> "System('/home/me/gameserver.sh cod4 start', $status);"
> With this the Script says "Server Started" and the program is launched,
> but the process dies again immediately.
>
> I have a hard time debugging the error, because I don't get any error
> messages. The server does not live long enough to write a log and the
> PHP System command does not give me any useful output (I also tried to
> start the server directly).
>
> Does anyone have an Idea, what the problem is, or how I can get useful
> error Information?
>
> Taraman
>
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