log.2302.txt

[wi77ard 0]

i have this file in my server directory, but nothing is being written to it? anyone know why?

i'm running a windows ofp server, remotely hosted for our clan

cheers in advance

[sicilian 0]

It sounds like you've copied the ofp server directories from a linux machine to your windows server... I don't believe your server has produced such a log.

Only -netlog is generating a log file but its called "net.log"

But tell us your starting parameters and your server version to avoid other possiblities.

[wi77ard 0]

its just a basic windows setup, hosted by pulsegamging.com, also running ecp.

i had them add -netlog to the exe peramiters but thats all

are there any files i should copy for you to understand more?

[sicilian 0]

its just a basic windows setup, hosted by pulsegamging.com, also running ecp.

i had them add -netlog to the exe peramiters but thats all

are there any files i should copy for you to understand more?

No, it is definitively from a linux installation. I've checked that again.

You can delete this file, it should never be created again on your windows server.

Seems like your provider sets up the systems from a basic linux setup. You can watch for files without extensions in your root folder of ofp. If you find some you can delete them too, these are also linux files.

[wi77ard 0]

sorry i didnt explain what i meant, i used to run a linux ofp server and had a 2302 file which recorded all the people who join and their player id's

i'm wanting to do the same on the windows server, i created teh 2302 file on the windows server install

[sicilian 0]

Ah, now I understand. You explained a totally other szenario

You can only use -netlog for this or you copy the text from the window output or you use any packet logger to grep the id and names.

But -netlog generates many useless info so be aware of the filesize! You have to observe this very often!

[wi77ard 0]

ah ok, got a link to a program that does this mate? how often should i be checking it as we have 10-20 members on most nights

[sicilian 0]

Check http://www.winpcap.org and ngrep for windows

WinPcap is needed for ngrep to work...

Start ngrep with following options:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">ngrep.exe -pt -O "<path\to\log\file.txt>" -d 2 "\|.*\d+.*\?.*[X]" dst host <serverip> and udp dst port <ofpport>

-d = device number of your network card (mostly 2)

you can check the device listing by starting ngrep as follows -> <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">ngrep.exe -L

This should log only the id and nick of the players.

If you got any problems msg me. Hope this helps

EDIT:

I forgot to tell you the output isn't very easy to read. But there's another option to make it readable  

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">ngrep -It "<path\to\log\file\generated\before.txt>" -d 2 "" > "<path\to\new\readable\log\file.txt>"

If you call this it will generate a more understandable log file for you.

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To catch even the disconnects of players just use this command <table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">ngrep.exe -pt -O "<path\to\log\file.txt>" -d 2 "\|.*\d+.*\?.*[X]|.*rP.." dst host <serverip> and udp dst port <ofpport>

Note that you can only know who is disconnected by the ip adress and the "rP" in log entries.

Here you got an example of logging connects and disconnects:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">input: d:\tmp.log

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U 2005/12/06 11:18:55.293187 10.0.0.70:2304 -> 10.0.0.120:2302

 ......M..................}.......|000000000.Sicilian ALSR.Face3.None.Adam....?

 http.://www.squadxml.de/squad/squad.xml.....X.......nl..                

#

U 2005/12/06 11:18:58.012121 10.0.0.70:2304 -> 10.0.0.120:2302

 ............!...........rP..                                              

exit

The first one is the connection entry. The zeros infront of the nick represent the player id. The second entry represents a disconnect.

Best way could be to make 2 batch files. One which starts the logger and another one which you can call everytime you need to read the log. The logger hasn't to be stopped!

[sicilian 0]

Did it help wi77ard? I only tested it with one player so it would be nice to know if it works properly...