Game servers in /usr/games or /usr/sbin

2008-11-29 Thread Magnus Holmgren
Game executables should be installed in /usr/games, but what about game servers that are designed to be long-running (in contrast to ones that just manage a single game) and to run as a system daemon, and doesn't work if executed by an ordinary user? I don't think either Policy or the FHS mentio

Re: Game servers in /usr/games or /usr/sbin

2008-11-29 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Magnus Holmgren ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Game executables should be installed in /usr/games, but what about game > servers that are designed to be long-running (in contrast to ones that just > manage a single game) and to run as a system daemon, and doesn't work if > executed by an ordinar

Re: Game servers in /usr/games or /usr/sbin

2008-12-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoting Magnus Holmgren ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> Game executables should be installed in /usr/games, but what about game >> servers that are designed to be long-running (in contrast to ones that just >> manage a single game) and to run as a system d

Re: Game servers in /usr/games or /usr/sbin

2008-12-01 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 00:08 +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Quoting Magnus Holmgren ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >> Game executables should be installed in /usr/games, but what about game > >> servers that are designed to be long-running (in cont