HUNTD(6)

NAME
       huntd - hunt daemon, back-end for hunt game

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/huntd [ -s ] [ -p port ]

DESCRIPTION
       huntd  controls  the  multi-player  hunt(6) game.  When it
       starts up, it tries to notify all  members  of  the  hunt-
       players mailing list (see sendmail(8)) by faking a talk(1)
       request from user ``Hunt Game''.

       The -s option is for running huntd forever (server  mode).
       This  is  similar to running it under the control of inetd
       (see below), but it consumes a process table entry when no
       one is playing.

       The  -p  option  changes  the udp port number used to ren-
       dezvous with the player process and thus allows  for  pri-
       vate  games  of hunt.  This option turns off the notifica-
       tion of players on the hunt-players mailing list.

INETD
       To run huntd from inetd, you'll need to put the hunt  ser-
       vice in /etc/services:
              hunt 26740/udp      # multi-player/multi-host maze-
              wars

       and add a line in /etc/inetd.conf:
              hunt dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/huntd HUNT

       except for Suns which use /etc/servers:
              hunt udp /usr/sbin/huntd

       Do not use any of the command line options -- if you  want
       inetd to start up huntd on a private port, change the port
       listed in /etc/services.

NETWORK RENDEZVOUS
       When hunt(6) starts up, it broadcasts on  the  local  area
       net  (using  the  broadcast address for each interface) to
       find a hunt game  in  progress.   If  a  huntd  hears  the
       request,  it  sends back the port number for the hunt pro-
       cess to connect to.  Otherwise, the hunt process starts up
       a  huntd  on the local machine and trys to rendezvous with
       it.

SEE ALSO
       hunt(6) talk(1) sendmail(8) 

AUTHORS
       Conrad Huang, Ken Arnold, and Greg Couch;
       University of California, San Francisco, Computer Graphics
       Lab