dm.conf(5)

NAME

dm.conf - dungeon master configuration file

DESCRIPTION

The dm.conf file is the configuration file for the dm(8)

program. It
consists of lines beginning with one of three keywords,

badtty, game, and
time. All other lines are ignored.

Any tty listed after the keyword badtty may not have games

played on it.
Entries consist of two white-space separated fields: the

string badtty
and the ttyname as returned by ttyname(3). For example, to

keep the uucp
dialout, ``tty19'', from being used for games, the entry

would be:

badtty /dev/tty19

Any day/hour combination listed after the keyword time will

disallow
games during those hours. Entries consist of four white

space separated
fields: the string time, the unabbreviated day of the week

and the begin
ning and ending time of a period of the day when games may

not be played.
The time fields are in a 0 based, 24-hour clock. For exam

ple, the fol
lowing entry allows games playing before 8AM and after 5PM

on Mondays:

time Monday 8 17

Any game listed after the keyword game will set parameters

for a specific
game. Entries consist of five white-space separated fields:

the keyword
game, the name of a game, the highest system load average at

which the
game may be played, the maximum users allowed if the game is

to be
played, and the priority at which the game is to be run.

Any of these
fields may start with a non-numeric character, resulting in

no game limi
tation or priority based on that field.

The game default controls the settings for any game not oth

erwise listed,
and must be the last game entry in the file. Priorities may

not be nega
tive. For example, the following entries limits the game

``hack'' to
running only when the system has 10 or less users and a load

average of 5
or less; all other games may be run any time the system has

15 or less
users.

game hack 5 10 *
game default * 15 *

FILES

/etc/dm.conf The dm(8) configuration file.

SEE ALSO

setpriority(2), ttyname(3), dm(8)

BSD May 31, 1993

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