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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/huntd.6 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/huntd.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..cef428d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man6/huntd.6 @@ -0,0 +1,125 @@ +.\" Automatically generated from hunt/huntd/huntd.6.in. Do not edit. +.\" $NetBSD: huntd.6,v 1.7 2003/06/11 12:00:22 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" huntd +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983-2003, Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are +.\" met: +.\" +.\" + Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" + Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" + Neither the name of the University of California, San Francisco nor +.\" the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS +.\" IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A +.\" PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT +.\" OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, +.\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT +.\" LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE +.\" OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd April 4, 2001 +.Dt HUNTD 6 +.Sh NAME +.Nm huntd +.Nd hunt daemon, back-end for hunt game +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl s +.Op Fl p Ar port +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +controls the multi-player +.Xr hunt 6 +game. +When it starts up, it tries to notify all members of the +.Em hunt-players +mailing list (see +.Xr sendmail 8 ) +by faking a +.Xr talk 1 +request from user +.Dq Hunt Game . +.Pp +The +.Fl s +option is for running +.Nm +forever (server mode). +This is similar to running it under the control of +.Xr inetd 8 +(see below), but it consumes a process table entry when no one is playing. +.Pp +The +.Fl p +option changes the UDP port number used to rendezvous with the player +process and thus allows for private games of hunt. +This option turns off the notification of players on the +.Em hunt-players +mailing list. +.Ss INETD +To run +.Nm +from +.Xr inetd 8 , +you'll need to +put the +.Nm hunt +service in +.Pa /etc/services : +.Bd -literal +hunt 26740/udp # multi-player/multi-host mazewars +.Ed +and +add the following line to +.Pa /etc/inetd.conf : +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +hunt dgram udp wait nobody /usr/games/huntd huntd +.Ed +Do not use any of the command line options; if you want +.Xr inetd 8 +to start up +.Nm +on a private port, change the port listed for +.Nm hunt +in +.Pa /etc/services . +.Sh NETWORK RENDEZVOUS +When +.Xr hunt 6 +starts up, it broadcasts on the local area net +(using the broadcast address for each interface) to find a +.Nm hunt +game in progress. +If a +.Nm +hears the request, it sends back the port number for the +.Nm hunt +process to connect to. +Otherwise, the +.Nm hunt +process starts up a +.Nm +on the local machine and tries to rendezvous with it. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr talk 1 , +.Xr hunt 6 , +.Xr sendmail 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +Conrad Huang, Ken Arnold, and Greg Couch; +.br +University of California, San Francisco, Computer Graphics Lab |