hlmaster(1)

NAME
hlmaster - A Half-Life master server daemon (made in switzerland)

SYNOPSIS
hlmaster [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
hlmaster is a standalone, automatic master server for Half-Life. It accepts heartbeats from gameservers and keeps an actual list of gameservers.
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
Report bugs to <bullet@users.sourceforge.net>.

AUTHOR
Silvan Minghetti <bullet@users.sourceforge.net>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001 Silvan Minghetti
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

LEGAL NOTES
Half-Life is a trademark of valve software.

SEE ALSO
hlmaster.list(1), hlmaster.filter(1), hlmaster.gameserver(1) Check http://hlmaster.sourceforge.net for newest version.