NAME¶
xLart - interactive X interface to
rlart(1)
SYNOPSIS¶
xLart
DESCRIPTION¶
xLart is an interactive X11-based interface to the
rlart(1)
off-line lart spooler.
xLart uses the lartd - if lartd is not running
when
xLart is started,
xLart will start it and send an autolart
to the members of wheel (not including root).
xLart utilises xfaces and
Drag-and-Drop to allow playing admins to either drag lusers onto larts or vice
versa. Points are accrued for each successful lart deployment, and scores
written to
/var/account/lart/interactive.
xLart makes use of several basic larts, and as more points are accrued
(or as the lusers become harder to lart) other, more capable larts are made
available. The basic larts are:
Filleting knife
10lb Sledgehammer
Garrotte
Beretta 9mm
un-set concrete
tommy gun
Of course, since
xlart is only distributed in source form, site-dependent
larts may be designed, implemented and used by the relevant BOFH or
sysmangler.
The highest level of play also allows for the use of the atomic lart (lat and
long must be specified, but some help is given by the program) and the
psychological lart (old-style lobotomy, Electro-convulsive shock therapy,
extreme aversion therapy and drug cocktails). The psychological lart needs to
be used over several rounds, due to its non-instantaneous nature.
The vanilla installation of
xLart requires a configuration file list of
larts to be added at certain point intervals. A slightly more interesting
installation makes use of the xface library to provide that personal touch
when larting lusers. The most interesting variant of
xLart is to not
only use xfaces but also to describe a building layout (similar to loderunner)
with levels and interior descriptions. This variant allows several
admins/BOFHen to play simultaneously, competing against each other to see how
many lusers they can lart in a given time period (say until local police units
arrive) or before ammunition runs out.
FILES¶
/etc/lartcap
- lart capability database
/var/lib/lart/lusers/xface.<lusername>
- xface for lusername
/var/lib/lart/larts/<lartname>.ppm
- small iconic image of lartname
SEE ALSO¶
lartcap(5),
lac(8),
lartd(8) and
rlart(1)
BUGS¶
None found yet, but who really cares?
AUTHORS¶
James McPherson