Refuse unknown players

[arvin]

Hi,

I want to host a minetest server online but only for me and my friends. What possiblities exist to refuse unknown players?

[1] mentions:

Some servers require:

• a default password for all new users, ask the server owner,
• or a non-empty password, to prevent account stealing.

How can a default password be set for new users? Is a mod necessary? Which one?

To require a non-empty password the line

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disallow_empty_password = true


is necessary. Has this line to be placed in minetest.conf for all worlds or can it be defined for only one world (in some file like world.mt)?


Kind Regards
arvin

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[1] http://wiki.minetest.net/Server

[rubenwardy]

Use server_announce =false. It won't show up in the serverlist, so other players can't join it.

[arvin]

But anyone who guesses my IP and port combination still can.

[Esteban]

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[4aiman]

There's another setting: #default_password.
Use it to set default password.
The setting is to be read from minetest.conf either in minetest root folder or in a particular game folder.