I think the point is that he _doesn't_ want to have to restart the screen instance every time. With this, all it takes is to start the instance once.
It isn't a bash script, just a shell session. Bash itself. On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 12:51 -0500, Chuck Gibke wrote: > The sysadmin would still have to initiate the bash script since he can > access the "games" user. > > I use a stop_css script on my server that looks like this: > /usr/bin/screen -r css -X quit > > "css" is the name assigned to the screen instance. This causes the server > program to exit gracefully but also closes the screen instance. It would > still require admin privileges to start back up. > > > ......Chuck > > Suse 9.0-64 > > > > >> > Yeah, but those solutions require his sysadmin to get off his lazy butt > and grant him privileges. (Or it could just be that the sysadmin has a > strict security policy). Running a bash instance inside screen takes no > additional pain on the part of either of them. > > -John Sheu > > On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 09:13 +0100, Regime wrote: > > Alternitively, get him to look into "sudo" and grant you permission to > > "sudo" all or some commands as the games user. Type in "man sudo" for > > more information. > > > > >> The servers are running on screens, but not under my user > > >>account - they're running on a 'games' user. If I were to kill the > screen, I > > >>wouldn't be able to create a new screen under the 'games' user since I > don't > > >>have the privileges to do so. > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: << > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
