Undocumented Features
This article describes undocumented features in PC2v9 that have been used for development and debugging purposes.
Purpose: to quickly add multiple sites, with default attributes, to a contest.
Location: Server GUI, Sites tab.
Action: Shift-Click on the button pane.
Result: Will add new sites with joe passwords and a port.
Example of sites that would be added:
1 localhost:50002 site1
2 localhost:51002 site2
3 localhost:52002 site3
4 localhost:53002 site4
5 localhost:54002 site5
The Packet Monitor Frame adds a row for every incoming packet.
Location: Server GUI, Options tab.
Action: Ctrl-Double-Click on Options pane.
Result: shows Packet Monitor Frame, which gets updated every time a new Packet arrives at or is sent from the Server.
Location: Submit Run tab (Team).
Action: Shift-DoubleClick in Main File label/pane.
Result: Will set Problem to Sumit, Language to Java and select samps/src/Sumit.java as the Main file to be submitted.
If problem, lang, etc. are not defined then the fields will not change.
This feature provides the ability to login using a variety of shortcuts for login names. For example, normally a Team logs in using the account name teamX, where X is their team number (for example, team12). The system supports a shortcut form of this: entering just the X value (e.g. "12") will automatically be expanded to "team12".
Note that the use of account name shortcuts to login in no way circumvents normal security; users must still provide the correct account password (unless the system has been configured to accept "joe passwords" -- that is, where the password is the same as the account name -- which is a bad way to configure your contest...).
The following shortcut login expansions are supported. The notation <N> represents a Number.
| Login name | Expands To |
|---|---|
| t | team1 |
| t<N> | team<N> |
| <N> | team<N> |
| j<N> | judge<N> |
| s | server1 |
| site<N> | server<N> |
| a<N> | administrator<N> |
| root | administrator1 |
| r | administrator1 |
| b<N> | scoreboard<N> |
| board<N> | scoreboard<N> |
| ef<N> | feeder<N> |
| eventfeed<N> | feeder<N> |
Note that if no password is specified on login that the loginname will be used as a password (i.e. the system defaults to using "joe passwords"). We do not recommend configuring your contest like this!!
