General Questions - I need help with my server :-/ Anonymous - Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:07 pm Post subject: I need help with my server :-/
I made my zone/server and it works fine and i added my name to the sysop.txt file and it says im not a sysop and when i type ?owner is says there is none...how can i become sysop and get it to work so i can ESC+C to fix the settings? because i dont like the ships and no flag drop time and stuff... Please help need to be sysop/owner SuSE - Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:42 pm Post subject:
sysop.txt is only necessary if you have CheckSysop=1 in the [Validation] section of your server.ini (that being said, it is a very good idea to set CheckMod, CheckSmod and CheckSysop to =1)
now, as for getting your powers
you need to know the sysop password for your zone
it is specified after SysopPassword= of the [Password] section of your server.ini
now you know what your sysop password is (or now you remember ) but you still don't have powers
you either need to type *yourSysopPassword in-game EVERY TIME you want to use your powers
OR
append *yourSysopPassword to your normal password in your profile
(it is a good idea to make a new profile specifically for the zone you have powers in if you choose this second method, as a profile with an appended staff password in it will likely be unusable in any other zones)
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?owner is something else
what is displayed when a user types ?owner is merely the value for the setting Name= of the [Owner] section in the .cfg (settings) file for whatever arena that user is in
IT DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON HAS ACCESS TO SETTINGS
You can set it to virtually whatever you like (alphanumeric plz) - you can set it to "HOLY MONKEY MAN" if you want.
What gives access to settings is the setting UserId= in the [Owner] section of the .cfg file
you can find out your own userid by typing ?userid in-game
you can find out someone else's userid (if you have the appropriate powers) by private messaging them *einfoFuzzjdc - Fri Dec 05, 2003 7:43 am Post subject: userid= only works in zones or subarenas where u have non-sysop powers.
i'm quite sure this is right presuming i had no power in a zone (wasnt sysop/smod/mod) but complete control over a subarena's settings and map
SuSE - Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:23 pm Post subject:
yes, sysop powers generally override most everything else
) but you still don't have powers