bnetd - Unix Battle.net® daemon

bnetd [-f] [-c configfile] [-d dumpfile]

bnetd is a program that will eventually completely emulate a Battle.net® server. Currently Starcraft®, Brood War®, Diablo®, and Warcraft® II BNE are supported as clients.

It is known to work under most versions of Unix and can also be used under Windows as a win32 console application.

-c --config

Use this configuration file instead of the compiled-in default location.

-d --hexdump

Put a hex dump of packets sent and received into the specified file.

-f --foreground

The server normally acts as a daemon and goes into the background. This forces the server to run in the foreground.

-h --help --usage

Print server usage information and exit.

-v --version

Print its version number and exit.

bnetd.conf

The main configuration file. Among other things, it specifies the locations for the other files used by the daemon.

bnmotd.txt

The "message of the day" file. This is displayed when the user enters the first chat channel.

bnetd_default_user

This is the default account file. The contains all default account attributes which are used when an attribute is not set on an actual account.

channel.list This is the permanent channel list. Short names, target clients, and other attributes may be specified here.

news.txt

The contensts of this file are printed when the /news command is used.

ad.list

This is the ad banner list which determines which banners to display at which times. The order of display for the banners may be specified as well as the URL which they should follow when clicked.

bnban

The IP ban file can be used to block connections from certain addresses.

bnhelp

This file contains the the chat command help.

gametrans

The game address translation file can be used to allow players from behind a NAT firewall to play with those outside of the firewall.

autoupdate

This is the autoupdate MPQ archive list. It chooses which versions of which clients to update.

tos.txt

This is the Terms Of Service file that is displayed before a user can create a new account.

icons.bni

The icons which the client displays for players in the chat rooms.

ad000001.pcx

This is the ad Banner. Currently, it says "Welcome to... BNETD".

bntrackd(1), bnproxy(8), bnchat(1), bnbot(1), bnpass(1), bnftp(1), bnetd.conf(5), bnmotd.txt(5)

Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org), Rob Crittenden (rob@bnetd.org), and Mark Baysinger (mark@bnetd.org)

Battle.net, Diablo, Starcraft, Brood War, Warcraft, and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved.

Neither this program nor the bnetd project are in any way affiliated with Blizzard Entertainment.