Setting up run parameters under Linux

[Killswitch]

Actually, the Linux Arma 2 launch script, "arma2server" does not have OTHERPARAMS like arma2oaserver has, so that's why "it doesn't work".

Solution: extract the arma2oaserver script from one of the Linux Arma 2 OA server archives and use that to launch the Arma 2 server or modify the stock arma2server script so that it makes use of OTHERPARAMS.

[_MaSSive]

Well I apologize I didnt knew that. It sure needs to be fixed and arma2server script updated.

Here is original arma2oaserver script

#!/bin/bash
#
# armaserver: ArmA 2 Linux Dedicated Server Control Script
#  (c) 2010 BIStudio
#  ArmA 2 binary version must be 1.04 or later
#

#=======================================================================
#========               CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS                ========
#======== MUST BE EDITED MANUALLY TO FIT YOUR SYSTEM PARAMETERS ========
#=======================================================================
ARMA_DIR=
CONFIG=server.cfg
PORT=2302
PIDFILE=${ARMA_DIR}/${PORT}.pid
RUNFILE=${ARMA_DIR}/${PORT}.run
LOGFILE=${ARMA_DIR}/log.${PORT}.txt
SERVER=${ARMA_DIR}/server
OTHERPARAMS=
#=======================================================================
ulimit -c 1000000

case "$1" in


    start)
	if [ -f ${RUNFILE} ]; then
	    $0 stop
	fi
	echo "Starting ArmA 2 server..."
	# file to mark we want server running...	
	echo "go" >${RUNFILE}
	# launch the background watchdog process to run the server
	nohup </dev/null >/dev/null $0 watchdog &
	;;
	
    stop)
	echo "Stopping ArmA 2 server..."
	if [ -f ${RUNFILE} ]; then
	# ask watcher process to exit by deleting its runfile...
	    rm -f ${RUNFILE}
	fi
	# and terminate ArmA 2 server process
	if [ -f ${PIDFILE} ]; then
	    kill -TERM $(< ${PIDFILE})
	    if [ -f ${PIDFILE} ]; then
		rm -f ${PIDFILE}
	    fi
	fi
	;;
	
	
    status)
	if [ -f ${RUNFILE} ]; then
	    echo "Server should be running..."
	else
	    echo "Server should not be running..."
	fi
	if [ -f ${PIDFILE} ]; then
	    PID=$(< ${PIDFILE})
	    echo "PID file exists (PID=${PID})..."
	    if [ -f /proc/${PID}/cmdline ]; then
		echo "Server process seems to be running..."
	    fi
	fi
	;;
	
	
    check)
	echo -n "ArmA 2 directory: ${ARMA_DIR} "
	if [ -d ${ARMA_DIR} ]; then
	    echo "OK"
	else
	    echo "MISSING!"
	fi
	
	echo -n "Server executable: ${SERVER} "
	if [ -x ${SERVER} ]; then
	    echo "OK"
	else
	    echo "ERROR!"
	fi
	
	echo "Port number: ${PORT}"
	
	echo -n "Config file: ${CONFIG} "
	if [ -f ${CONFIG} ]; then
	    echo "OK"
	else
	    echo "MISSING!"
	fi
	
	echo "PID file: ${PIDFILE}"
	echo "RUN file: ${RUNFILE}"
	
	;;

    restart)
	$0 stop
	$0 start
        ;;

    watchdog)
	# this is a background watchdog process. Do not start directly
	while [ -f ${RUNFILE} ]; do
	# launch the server...
	    cd ${ARMA_DIR}
	    echo >>${LOGFILE} "WATCHDOG ($$): [$(date)] Starting server (port ${PORT})..."
	    ${SERVER} >>${LOGFILE} 2>&1 -server -config=${CONFIG} -port=${PORT} -pid=${PIDFILE} ${OTHERPARAMS}
	    if [ -f ${RUNFILE} ]; then
		echo >>${LOGFILE} "WATCHDOG ($$): [$(date)] Server died, waiting to restart..."
		sleep 5s
	    else
		echo >>${LOGFILE} "WATCHDOG ($$): [$(date)] Server shutdown intentional, watchdog terminating"
	    fi
	done    
	;;
    *)
	echo "$0 (start|stop|restart|status|check)"
	;;
esac

Save it to your script and edit parameters and youre good to go. Actually those marked in red are only difference to one you have but check to be sure.

[xAndrei]

thx i will try now

Big thx _MaSSive and Killswitch, now all work properly