Help/Managing a LOTR server

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Now that you have created your brand new LOTR modded server, you'll need to administer it. The purpose of this page is to help you with the common tasks.

Server staff
''Owners, admins and moderators. Their role and "powers". The things to be careful about.''

Basic server operations
''Starting at machine boot, stopping at machine shutdown, starting/stopping manually. Restarting automatically after a crash. Reloading the server configuration.''

Monitoring the server availability
Verifying that the server is alive and well (not frozen).

Backups and restores
Player's data, world files

User management
Creation/deletion/change.

Rules and their enforcement
''Making rules. Banning (temp or permanent), muting...''

Updates
LOTR mod, Forge, Bukkit-related software, other mods, plugins.

Map updates.