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author darius
date Wed, 24 Dec 1997 12:38:35 +0000
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(9/19/94:Brandon)

This file is for people already experienced with the server, who may also
be currently running their own server.  It only explains the changes from
the administration of a 2.3 server to the administration of a 2.4 server.
If you do not know how the server functions read the file README.Admin
instead, as this file simply explains what is different from the old setup
to this, and how to convert an old server's database and other config files
to the new setup.

The server now uses the NETREKDIR environment variable as a pointer to the
root of the directory structure, rather than it being a pointer to the bin
directory.  The various different directories are:

   backups/      -- where the dbbackup script stores backup files.
   bin/          -- the bin directory, this ONLY has binaries and scripts.
   docs/         -- this documentation directory
   etc/          -- where the configuration files, database files and
                    other random files used by the server are stored.
   logs/         -- where logfiles and pid files are stored.
   pics/         -- where motd pictures can be stored, this is not enforced
   pped/         -- Heath Kehoes player database editor.
   rsa/          -- the RSA files, this directory is empty due to the
                    copyrights involved with RSA.  If you desired RSA
                    security you may be able to get the files, however
                    it is not required to run the server (and very few
                    people use it).
   src/          -- where the source files are located.

For the server to run as it did before adjust the following files
appropriately:

   Old Location          New Location          Notes
   ------------          ------------          -----
   bin/.global           etc/db.global
   bin/.players          etc/db.players
   bin/.hours            etc/conf.hours
   bin/.pics             etc/conf.pics         adjust the paths accordingly. 
   bin/.sysdef           etc/conf.sysdef
   bin/.motd             etc/motd
   bin/.motd.wc          etc/motd.wc
   bin/.cluephrases      etc/cluephrases
   bin/.rsa.keys         etc/rsa.keys

Some other files you may want to be aware of are:

   etc/conf.netrekdir    a 1 line file specifying the location of your
                         NETREKDIR, which may be used by scripts and
                         binaries if they cannot find the NETREKDIR
                         environment variable.
   logs/daemonII.pid     The process ID # of the current daemon running.
   logs/listen.pid       The Process ID # of the latest listen process run.