[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [FreeCiv-Cvs] per: Preparation patch for player authentication. In...

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 08:40:35AM +0200, Raimar Falke wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 01:41:00PM -0700, freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > This is an automated notification of a change to freeciv cvs, 
> > on Tue Apr  8 13:36:10 PDT 2003 = Tue Apr  8 20:36:10 2003 (GMT)
> > by Per I. Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > ---- Files affected:
> > 
> > freeciv/common game.c player.c player.h
> > freeciv/server connecthand.c connecthand.h gamehand.c handchat.c plrhand.c 
> > srv_main.c stdinhand.c
> > 
> > ---- Log message:
> >       Tag: HEAD
> > 
> > Preparation patch for player authentication. Introduces a new command 
> > /take to take command over a player.
> 
> I haven't followed this thread closely and this message isn't very
> helpful. So can you please write in more detail what this patch does?

in a nushell, you no longer _have_ to connect to a serve with a specific
username to take control of a specific player. 

If you do, then as before, you will take control of that player. 

But if you don't then you will be sent to a staging area (where everybody
is during pregame). Here you can execute commands (if you have the
cmdlevel), but you don't get any player packets because your connection isn't
attached to any player. If you want to play, you do a '/take <playername>'
and you will be attached to that player.

This is preparation for authentication (you don't get to login as just
anybody since usernames are password protected).

here's a quick example:

orpheus:~/civ/cvs % ser
This is the server for Freeciv version 1.14.1-devel
You can learn a lot about Freeciv at http://www.freeciv.org/
2: Now accepting new client connections.

For introductory help, type 'help'.
> 
2: Connection request from kaufman from localhost.localdomain
2: c1 has client version 1.14.1-devel
2: kaufman has connected from localhost.localdomain.
> li
List of players:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
noname (username kaufman, Human) 1 connection:
  kaufman from localhost.localdomain (command access level ctrl),
bufsize=40kb
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> create Foo
> create Bob
> li
List of players:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
noname (username kaufman, Human) 1 connection:
  kaufman from localhost.localdomain (command access level ctrl),bufsize=40kb
Foo (username Unassigned, AI, difficulty level easy)
Bob (username Unassigned, AI, difficulty level easy)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> take kaufman Foo
kaufman unconnecting from  noname
removing noname [0]
kaufman now controls Foo
> li
List of players:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foo (username kaufman, Human) 1 connection:
  kaufman from localhost.localdomain (command access level ctrl),bufsize=40kb
Bob (username Unassigned, AI, difficulty level easy)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> remove Foo
2: Removing player Foo.
Removed player Foo from the game.
> li
List of players:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob (username Unassigned, AI, difficulty level easy)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> li connections
List of connections to server:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
kaufman from localhost.localdomain command access level ctrl
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> take kaufman Bob
kaufman now controls Bob
> li
List of players:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bob (username kaufman, Human) 1 connection:
  kaufman from localhost.localdomain (command access level ctrl),bufsize=40kb
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> quit     
Goodbye.

-mike