[cod] Start COD4 Linux Dedicated via Webinterface
Taraman
Taraman at gmx.de
Fri Dec 11 16:38:11 EST 2009
Hi Bram,
WOW, I'm impressed. That is one nice piece of work.
As for my problem:
I use cod4_lnxded as executable, but also tried the -bin already.
The command line is right now:
+exec server.cfg +map mp_crash +set dedicated 1
options I also tried:
+set fs_homepath
+set fs_basepath
What is your commandline for a LAN-Setup?
For my part I chose direct control because it should stay simple and
mainly be a backup when I cannot visit myself at one of our meetings (we
are normally around 8-10 people). So this really is a private use thing.
Taraman
On 11.12.2009 20:11, B.M. Schiltmans wrote:
> 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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