Ports to enable and OS

Post by **Tank Program** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:48 pm

You can run run armagetron-dedicated from any given directory assuming it meets the directory layout thingies, ie, the var directory and the etc directory and the language directories are there.

ishAdmin · Post by **ishAdmin** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:32 pm

The tech said you were in a 'jailed' environment. This means it's not possible for you to install anything that would be common to all. No one else will be able to run (or access) your stuff either. You basically be installing into *your own* /usr/games/bin dir.

These guys sound quite accommodating actually. I'd go with them. Their willingness to open ports etc. is a very good sign. They aren't blowing you off. I say go for it. Try and install it. If you hit problems, you know where to come.

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:25 pm

as long as the program is installed and running, sub folders in place and the ports are open i cant see there being any problem at all

Matrox · Post by **Matrox** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:02 pm

Thanks everyone for your advice i sure that ill be asking for more help soon.

/dev/null · Post by **/dev/null** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:40 pm

If you compile it on your own you dont even need to run make install, ./configure and make will suffice and you can run it from the directory you compiled it in.

ishAdmin · Post by **ishAdmin** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:13 am

just remember that chrooted environments often don't have very much they can run. rpm is often not there, along with just about everything else useful. this might not be a cake walk. it may, in fact, be a a sludgy cake slide.

Matrox · Post by **Matrox** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:02 pm

Ive been doing a bit more research and if i traced a few websites to find there hosting providers.
I found this one http://www.he.net/hosting_prices.html

Does this seem to be a beter thing to go for. ?

Sorry to ask again but i dont want something that is going to crap.

philippeqc · Post by **philippeqc** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 4:28 pm

Tool wise, it seems to have all you need. A shell, gcc, access to the logs, access to the cron-tables (scheduling a job to check once in a while if the server is running for example) and 26 (25 + 1 hehe) emails.

But dont trust me, I'm not running any server, so I dont know what you TRULY need.

Also, could the sysadmin around tell us what kind of traffic (daily/montly) they get on their services? That would be of use.

-ph

Post by **Tank Program** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:35 pm

hmmm... I measured the bandwith usage once upon a time... it's quite low... I used I think 20-100mb/day (up & down combined) for a 6 player server, depending on usage... Maybe my upper # is a bit high, it's all a little fuzzy...