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37 .Nd dungeon master configuration file
41 file is the configuration file for the
44 It consists of lines beginning with one of three keywords,
49 All other lines are ignored.
51 Any tty listed after the keyword
53 may not have games played on it.
54 Entries consist of two white-space separated fields: the string
56 and the ttyname as returned by
58 For example, to keep the uucp dialout,
60 from being used for games, the entry would be:
61 .Bd -literal -offset indent
65 Any day/hour combination listed after the keyword
67 will disallow games during those hours.
68 Entries consist of four white-space separated fields: the string
70 the unabbreviated day of the week and the beginning and ending time
71 of a period of the day when games may not be played.
72 The time fields are in a 0 based, 24-hour clock.
73 For example, the following entry allows games playing before 8AM
74 and after 5PM on Mondays:
75 .Bd -literal -offset indent
79 Any game listed after the keyword
81 will set parameters for a specific game.
82 Entries consist of five white-space separated fields: the keyword
84 the name of a game, the highest system load average at which the
85 game may be played, the maximum users allowed if the game is to be
86 played, and the priority at which the game is to be run.
87 Any of these fields may start with a non-numeric character, resulting
88 in no game limitation or priority based on that field.
92 controls the settings for any game not otherwise listed, and must be the last
95 Priorities may not be negative.
96 For example, the following entries limits the game
98 to running only when the system has 10 or less users and a load average of 5
99 or less; all other games may be run any time the system has 15 or less users.
100 .Bd -literal -offset indent
105 .Bl -tag -width /etc/dm.conf -compact