Executing commands on a running server from the command line

[revloc02c]

When the server is running are there commands that you can execute to do stuff. Like see how many active players there currently are. Or broadcasting a server wide message.

[c0ncrete]

you need telnet enabled in your config at the very least. i -think- there is something you have to set on individual accounts to allow for telnet access as well, but i can't remember and am not finding it easily.

you can probably do what you want to do via http as well, and that is disabled by default too.

[Uleat]

In the 'account' table, you need to enter an unhashed password for each account that you wish to have access.

Then just access it in a web browser using <ip_address>:9000

[c0ncrete]

that was the other thing i couldn't remember.

[sorvani]

you can enter a hashed password there FYI
oh and it is port 9080 for the web interface.

[Uleat]

sorry about that! yeah, I was off a bit..and I don't just mean the port

[revloc02c]

So say my server reboots every night. Is there a way to automate a system wide message that the server is coming down and people need to log off. I know I've seen this on other servers. I thought there might be commands one could execute from the command line console where the server is running, but maybe not.

Anyone know how to automate a system message before a automatic server reboot takes place?

[c0ncrete]

you can automate telnet and http connections via almost any programming language. you could use perl's Net::Telnet or Expect modules to write a small script that is scheduled to fire off prior to your reboot.

[Uleat]

Check out this thread:

http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35375&highlight=server+shutdown+script

[revloc02c]

Perfect. Thanks for the link Uleat.