[cod] Start COD4 Linux Dedicated via Webinterface

[B.M. Schiltmans]

If the others run fine, I can't really think of anything cod-specific 
that could go wrong.
Which executeable do you see in top cod4_lnxded or cod4_lnxded-bin, and 
whats you exact command-line?

We have a setup quite like yours, perhaps we could share some ideas?
To begin with some sharing ;-), take a look here : http://lanparty.cil.nu/
Instead of starting the gameservers through a webinterface, we let 
players vote for which game they want to play, and then a scripts is run 
to count the votes and start the winning game. Works great ;-)
Two main reasons for not having direct control:
- security, we run the same thing on lans, but also on our website for 
evening fun
- we only run one gameserver at a time because otherwise people tent to 
spread out over games more instead of playing together.
Af course it all depends on how big your lan-events are.

Grtz
Bram

Taraman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thx for the comments.
> First of all: Security is not an issue here, because its a LAN-only 
> server and at the Site we do our LAN-Parties (me and some Friends) we 
> don't even have Internet. Yes, there are places like that - honestly ;-)
> Nevertheless the gameserver is started as a "normal" user and the 
> Webserver runs as the same user - NOT as root.
> And I wouldn't do it that way on a public machine - to calm your 
> apprehension.
>
> As for Bram's comment:
> Good hint, I definitely have a closer look at that.
> But I fear thats not the problem, because of a fact that I forgot in 
> the description:
> I start two other Gameservers (CSS and BF2) via the exact same script 
> and checked severeal times the calls are really identical.
> These two work perfectly.
> Only the cod4 server starts very shortly (it just shows up for a 
> moment in "top" and then disappears again.)
>
> Thats why I started asking here, bacause it seems to be beacuse of 
> something thats different on the cod-server.
>
> Taraman
>
> Tyson schrieb:
>> Yes please. Including system paths that are typically the same on every
>> machine running the same OS isn't insecure last I knew.
>>
>> Setting wrong permissions on the other or running as root is.
>>
>> So please enlighten us and provide sources.
>>
>> Tyson
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: B.M. Schiltmans [mailto:b.m.schiltmans at planet.nl] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:12 AM
>> To: Call of Duty server admin list.
>> Subject: Re: [cod] Start COD4 Linux Dedicated via Webinterface
>>
>> Well if you explain yourself a bit further we might just learn something 
>> here.
>> Humor me, plz...
>>
>> Marco Padovan wrote:
>>   
>>> that's a very insecure way to start gameservers :/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM, <b.m.schiltmans at planet.nl 
>>> <mailto: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]
>>>     Verzonden: wo 9-12-2009 13:54
>>>     Aan: cod at icculus.org <mailto: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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