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1 (9/19/94:Brandon)
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3 This file is for people already experienced with the server, who may also
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4 be currently running their own server. It only explains the changes from
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5 the administration of a 2.3 server to the administration of a 2.4 server.
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6 If you do not know how the server functions read the file README.Admin
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7 instead, as this file simply explains what is different from the old setup
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8 to this, and how to convert an old server's database and other config files
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9 to the new setup.
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11 The server now uses the NETREKDIR environment variable as a pointer to the
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12 root of the directory structure, rather than it being a pointer to the bin
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13 directory. The various different directories are:
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15 backups/ -- where the dbbackup script stores backup files.
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16 bin/ -- the bin directory, this ONLY has binaries and scripts.
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17 docs/ -- this documentation directory
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18 etc/ -- where the configuration files, database files and
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19 other random files used by the server are stored.
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20 logs/ -- where logfiles and pid files are stored.
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21 pics/ -- where motd pictures can be stored, this is not enforced
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22 pped/ -- Heath Kehoes player database editor.
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23 rsa/ -- the RSA files, this directory is empty due to the
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24 copyrights involved with RSA. If you desired RSA
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25 security you may be able to get the files, however
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26 it is not required to run the server (and very few
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27 people use it).
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28 src/ -- where the source files are located.
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30 For the server to run as it did before adjust the following files
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31 appropriately:
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33 Old Location New Location Notes
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34 ------------ ------------ -----
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35 bin/.global etc/db.global
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36 bin/.players etc/db.players
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37 bin/.hours etc/conf.hours
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38 bin/.pics etc/conf.pics adjust the paths accordingly.
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39 bin/.sysdef etc/conf.sysdef
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40 bin/.motd etc/motd
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41 bin/.motd.wc etc/motd.wc
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42 bin/.cluephrases etc/cluephrases
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43 bin/.rsa.keys etc/rsa.keys
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45 Some other files you may want to be aware of are:
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47 etc/conf.netrekdir a 1 line file specifying the location of your
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48 NETREKDIR, which may be used by scripts and
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49 binaries if they cannot find the NETREKDIR
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50 environment variable.
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51 logs/daemonII.pid The process ID # of the current daemon running.
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52 logs/listen.pid The Process ID # of the latest listen process run.