NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

To get a gameserver listet by hlmaster, you'll have to configure it accordingly. See hlmaster.gameserver(1) for more information.

Additionally, you might want to load a list of servers from a file. This is not the normal operation for a real master-server, but it's a nice feature for your own little master. See hlmaster.list(1) for more information.

OPTIONS

-V, --version

Display version of hlmaster and exit.

-h, --help

Print a help screen.

-n number, --log-level=number

Set log level of the info-log as numeric value. (0=none, 1=critical, 2=error, 3=warning, 4=info, 5=debug). The default level is 4 (info).

-d, --no-daemon

If activated, hlmaster does not go to background at startup. This is usefull for debugging and is turned off by default.

-u user, --user=user

Run hlmaster as user.

-g group, --group=group

Run hlmaster as group.

-a address, --ip-address=address

Set the network interface address to listen on. You'll have to supply a numeric ip-address, hostnames are not resolved. The default is to listen on all interfaces (0.0.0.0).

-p port, --port=port

Set the port to listen on. The default is 27010, which is also the official port for Half-Life master servers.

-s name, --master-name=name

Set the name, the master server will report to clients. Though I do not really know, if this feature is used by any client.

-m number, --max-servers=number

Set the maximum number of gameservers, that are allowed to fit in the list. The default is 200, the absolute maximum 60000.
fetch more than 230 servers (they use an old protocol).

-l file, --server-list=file

Load a list of gameservers (max. 3000) from file. See hlmaster.list(1) for further information.

-c, --closed

If activated, the master does not accept any heartbeats. You will have to specify a list of gameservers to be loaded, otherwise hlmaster would have nothing to do.

-P file, --pid-file=file

Write process id (PID) to file. Remember to use absolute paths, if you start hlmaster as daemon process.

-I file, --info-log=file

Log informations to file. Remember to use absolute paths, if you start hlmaster as daemon process.

-A file, --access-log=file

Log access information to file. Remember to use absolute paths, if you start hlmaster as daemon process.

SIGNALS

SIGTERM

Abort hlmaster immediatly.

SIGHUP

Reload configuration and logfiles.

SIGUSR1

Reload configuration files only. Please note, that the configuration files are not reloaded immediatly, but allways before the next request.

SIGUSR2

Reload logfiles only.

REPORTING BUGS

AUTHOR

COPYRIGHT

LEGAL NOTES

SEE ALSO

Check http://hlmaster.sourceforge.net for newest version.