I'm probably wasting my time, but I'm just wondering if there is any known way to perform admin functions on a server, without having the regular bzflag client.
Right now I'm at work, and can't load up bzflag, but I'd like to be able to keep an eye on my server (as I'm the only admin at the moment) so I can pop in and check if anyone is complaining about cheaters/laggers.
I'd love it if I could just telnet/ssh to the port my server is running off of. But I'm positive it isn't that simple.
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Admin Functions without BZ client?
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Re: Admin Functions without BZ client?
Actually, now there is a way. There's a patch/tarball in the patches section on sourceforge called bzadmin. It's a curses-based (i.e. text-based) way for you to admin your server, chat with users, and kick/ban users. It automatically logs you in as an observer. Pretty slick start.EvilChickenNugget wrote:I'm probably wasting my time, but I'm just wondering if there is any known way to perform admin functions on a server, without having the regular bzflag client.
Right now I'm at work, and can't load up bzflag, but I'd like to be able to keep an eye on my server (as I'm the only admin at the moment) so I can pop in and check if anyone is complaining about cheaters/laggers.
I'd love it if I could just telnet/ssh to the port my server is running off of. But I'm positive it isn't that simple.
Thanks
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Generally curses stuff is UNIX-only...
One way that could work for you is to set up OpenSSH on your BZFlag server and get an SSH client for windows (like PuTTY). Then just connect to your linux box with it and run bzadmin remotely. This may not work if your place of work has a firewall that doesn't allow SSH through, but it is possible to change the port it connects on, if you know which ports are allowed.
One way that could work for you is to set up OpenSSH on your BZFlag server and get an SSH client for windows (like PuTTY). Then just connect to your linux box with it and run bzadmin remotely. This may not work if your place of work has a firewall that doesn't allow SSH through, but it is possible to change the port it connects on, if you know which ports are allowed.
bzadmin for windows
It's pretty simple to port a curses app to use a similar library on Windows. If I were so inclined, it would take but a little bit of effort. I'm not that inclined, though.
I'd rather not help with that platform. Sorry.
If someone is interested in doing this, let me know and I can give you some starting reference.
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I'd rather not help with that platform. Sorry.
If someone is interested in doing this, let me know and I can give you some starting reference.
Cheers!