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Setting up server bzflag6/15/2023 If you don't want that to happen for this game server, then basically either speak now (answer the debconf question appropriately at server install time) or else learn how to manage services on your machine. one asked at server installation time) is sufficient to make it clear to newcomers that once installed, in the Unix/Linux/Ubuntu world, servers really are expected to serve. I'd therefore propose that a well-phrased debconf question (i.e. However, some assistance for newcomers who for some reason don't expect servers to actually serve may possibly be desirable for game servers. However, some people run temporary FTP or HTTP servers, too, so I'm not sure this is truly a difference in their essential nature! There are certainly game servers out there that run 24x7 (WoW, Second Life, many MUDs and MOOs, etc.). Regarding (1), Troy simply asserts that "a game server is _unlike_" other servers, doing so primarily on the grounds that such game servers are often temporary. (2) Should a game server add itself to a global Internet "game server locator" by default? (1) Should a game server start a boot by default? I think there are two distinct issues here: Was this discussed on ubuntu-motu? I can't find anything in the list archives. I absolutely see no difference with game servers in this area. Of that it runs, likewise with ntp, proftp, dancer-ircd, you name it. People installing apache are always aware > What percentage of people with it installed even know it is running? Know tremulous) but that the daemon should be configured for those). That goes again into the direction of some sensible default where IĪgree with you (not on what sensible defaults are (because I still don't > default, and preferably not run at all. > At the very least it shouldn't announce its self to the internet by ![]() They just won't have to install it, that's all. Responsive there isn't any reason to remove something just because some (In my opinion.)Īs long as someone cares for something and maintains it and is > The client package already has the ability to do this, so this package Inspected more deeply and changed to something sensible. Then propably the default configuration of that server should be > there are countless bugs and none of the features required to > The package you have is not at all suitable for a internet server, I wonder how you claim to know what the intention of people installing > server for the world, its to play with there friends on a lan. > Also, when people install this package there intention isn't to run a Sensible default configuration that should definitely be changed.Ĭlaiming that it shouldn't run when one installs it is though a That's a completely different issue then. ![]() (Laptop on a mobile phone link could be very > amount of wasted bandwidth for the server, which in some places can be > server has a constant list of un-configured, useless servers in it, > but they also cause headache for other people. That's not mine, and I won't speak for that because I don't have taken That's not different from any other server. > Game servers don't just eat resources and open a potential security What percentage of people with it installed even know it is running? ![]() (In my opinion.) At the very least it shouldn't announce its self to the internet by default, and preferably not run at all. The client package already has the ability to do this, so this package is obsolete, and should be removed. ![]() The package you have is not at all suitable for a internet server, there are countless bugs and none of the features required to administer a server. (Laptop on a mobile phone link could be very expensive).Īlso, when people install this package there intention isn't to run a server for the world, its to play with there friends on a lan. It will also be causing a large amount of wasted bandwidth for the server, which in some places can be charged by the byte. The tremulous master server has a constant list of un-configured, useless servers in it, causing spam and wasted CPU cycles. Game servers don't just eat resources and open a potential security hole, (Your tremded package is years old), but they also cause headache for other people.
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