Server Restart?

[nizoo]

I own a dedicated server which I hosted an Armagetron server on it for a friend of mine, so I was just wondering, is there anyway I could give him access to restart it without giving him root user?

is it possible to restart it in-game, is there any web-based thing that could hook up the stop/start commands into the server?

my server is Windows Server 2008, thanks.

note: I host Counter Strike:Source servers for myself so I know that it is possible to restart the entire server by just accessing the admin console in-game and typing "quit" which I setup a script for whenever that happens it automatically re-runs the server, isn't there a way to do so with Armagetron to?



Thanks again

[Alpha Centauri]

Have him set DEDICATED_IDLE to 0 then empty the server of all players. :P

[Z-Man]

note: I host Counter Strike:Source servers for myself so I know that it is possible to restart the entire server by just accessing the admin console in-game and typing "quit" which I setup a script for whenever that happens it automatically re-runs the server, isn't there a way to do so with Armagetron to?

Yes, and in precisely the same way There is a console command named "quit" or "exit" (both work) that shut down the server, and if you run it in a batch file loop, it will restart again. You just need to give your friend ingame admin access (via ADMIN_PASS for the published stable versions).

[nizoo]

ok so I give him the ADMIN_PASS, then he would just need to type quit in there? whats the exact command since he couldn't find it

cuz lets say in Counter Strike it would be first, rcon_password "passwordinhere", then rcon "quit"/"exit" or any other command that need to be ran thru console...


happy to hear that its possible at least

[epsy]

/login passwordinhere [this command is going to change]
/admin quit
/logout

[Jonathan]

Wouldn't the server be gone before you get to /logout?

[epsy]

Yes, but you should always log out!

[nizoo]

lemme go try that right now

[nizoo]

AWESOME thanks so much guys


now I don't have to worry about his whiny A*s hehe, just give him ftp to it and hes set no need for me to restart it for him everytime



Thanks again

[.W33D]

stupid nizo.. if i load any settings to it and restart the server my self its not loading it up... :S only works if YOU restart it..

[Infa(mous)]

You know... you could also make a batch script... and put it in the folder with armagetron_dedicated.exe

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:StartServer
START /WAIT armagetronad_dedicated.exe
GOTO StartServer

^^^ That works for me.