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To get an overview of the available options provided by the management script, be sure to have a look at the help page or read the according section on the ArchWiki article [1].

You can quit the console without shutting down the server by press ctrl+a d (first ctrl+a and after releasing the buttons press d; ctrl+b also works). This will detach your input from the server console. The attaching and detaching is done with tmux (previously GNU screen) since it lets you view and type into the console, send single commands to it and keep it alive without a connected user. Take a look at the the command overview at the ArchWiki [2] to get a feel for its power. (@carmelo12341)

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Minecraft#Setup [2] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tmux

@edh

The tmux thing was mentioned mostly for people with big servers that will be more targeted that may need a quick temporary solution while waiting for the screen fix. I didn't mean to suggest rewriting the script for tmux (although I would personally be okay with that. :) )

@Xarius

Thanks for the heads up! This vulnerability looks pretty bad. As soon as a new release is made, users should restart their minecraft server sessions.

The idea of switching to tmux has been floating in my head for quite some time now. Though, to be completely honest I don't see much gain in using it for a minecraft server over GNU screen. Sure, tmux is not affected by this bug but it is not immune to such kind of mishaps. Rewriting every call to screen with a one to tmux will not make the script run more efficient nor will it enable new features that couldn't be implemented with screen.

screen has a server crashing vulnerability. I suggest keeping an eye on: https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1553

Some have suggested using tmux as a replacement.

@edh Thanks for the quick answer! I'm glad that I wasn't just incompetent and could help find that bug. Great work maintaining this package, by the way!

@BrokenPhysics Oh, that's bad and unfortunately is due to the new way users are created. I have fixed it in the new release of the package but for servers already featuring a minecraft user, manual intervention is needed: If you happen to encounter the error message This account is currently not available., you will need to update the login shell such that you can interact with the console again by running usermod -s /bin/bash minecraft as root.

When I try to connect to the console using minecraftd console, I get a message saying This account is currently not available. Am I missing something obvious or am I doing something wrong?

@Wunkolo Luckily there already is an option to pin the minecraft version via the config. The corresponding entry is called MAIN_EXECUTABLE and defaults to minecraft_server.jar. I am not sure whether it makes sense to add a command line option for that. As a last resort one can always use the same option as an environment variable to achieve the same effect but without touching the config.

P.s. I will hopefully be able to update the package to 1.16 today.

@syntheorem thanks!

I made the "minecraft_server.jar" symlink point to a manually downloaded .jar file temporarily while I wait for this package to update to 1.16.

I wish there was a way to point to and supply our own target .jar version with the minecraftd command(something like designating the minecraftd server version to 1.15.2 or 1.16 and such). There might be people that want to stick to 1.15.2 for a while longer but this package forces users to have the latest.

Here's a patch for 1.16 that's working for me :)

diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 00b012e..16d75fb 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Contributer: sowieso <sowieso@dukun.de>

 pkgname=minecraft-server
-pkgver=1.15.2
-_nonce=bb2b6b1aefcd70dfd1892149ac3a215f6c636b07
+pkgver=1.16
+_nonce=a0d03225615ba897619220e256a266cb33a44b6b
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Minecraft server unit files, script, and jar"
 arch=('any')
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source=("minecraft_server.${pkgver}.jar"::"https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/object
        "minecraftd.conf"
        "minecraftd.sh")
 noextract=("minecraft_server.${pkgver}.jar")
-sha512sums=('21f5e77a58ac1e357425c99e259d3a688cf825483d391907403c7c9939abcf5b4a8fc73ff8d6277eaa373f376299027d6d7e0d8a5dd59d5791947efa1695490b'
+sha512sums=('c021ee07e472681655faa30dc24fc9384d44269c5960ef5dd0798a45ae2ae04b801153219e0fbd3cb07f604bdffd8940bb8dc89c47859c30ac9fcc28a76def48'
             'a10e38c0e9a09c25e23e46147a8b8ce4d88a62ee780c1c0b525b9e41a563c4a4ed8e94d851abc3936bc31f3faa916ef005543129a039f66878b8f2c34853b91d'
             '19ee3646bfbace353b65c0373594edb654de11c9671f29cebad3b31109f29f94ade1d529d9f409b0989c376bef9b451585b22a1e0ac4295fcc92d9565f808418'
             '5203f6331f740ecfcea2a2cc653603ae97419baa89e08512f9d8feb63e4a52978442a69b313eccd9037b676a62ab528e2b533c0fb95a9c7177318279fe0cde79'

@DragonX256 That's because I made a mistake :D The other service files from the various other Minecraft servers indeed have Type=oneshot, see this commit.