The file config.h is to be found in the include directory of the server source.

It contains many variables, that can be manually adjusted.

Note: The file autoconf.h contains all the variable defines, that were found or passed to the ./configure script.

When configuring the server with a –prefix=/path variable, the TMPDIR still uses the definitions of the config.h file.

This is a bit unfortunate, because it prevents to run the server on multiple instances,
since the temporary map names would all be shared in the fixed location at /tmp for Linux.

If it is planned to add a –prefix to configure, then before running make it is probably useful
to adjust the TMPDIR variable to match –prefix .

Example: ./configure –prefix=/usr/games/crossfire-1.70.0
should then make TMPDIR look as #define TMPDIR “/usr/games/crossfire-1.70.0/tmp”

After make && make install then this TMPDIR needs to be manually created with the proper permissions.

mkdir  /usr/games/crossfire-1.70.0/tmp

Proper permissions for TMPDIR

As it is with the variable TMPDIR , the LOGFILE variable is fixed set in config.h .

Despite the fact, that LOCALDIR would use the –prefix parameter in {prefix}/var ,
the LOGFILE variable does not use {prefix} .

On Linux the LOGFILE variable is by default set to #define LOGFILE “/var/log/crossfire/logfile” ;
Which then may need to create the /var/log/crossfire directory manually ( with proper permissions ) .

If it is planned to add a –prefix to configure, then before running make it is probably useful
to adjust the LOGFILE variable to match –prefix .

Example: ./configure –prefix=/usr/games/crossfire-1.70.0
should then make LOGFILE look as #define LOGFILE “/usr/games/crossfire-1.70.0/var/log/crossfire-server-1.70.0.log”

Proper permissions for LOGFILE