Re: [hlds_linux] hacking steam accounts

2010-10-13 Thread Gene H
and they are a platform provider. Shootjust imagine the hoopla that would exist if *pple's itunes or App Store had security holes like this G. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:10 PM, 1nsane 1nsane...@gmail.com wrote: They are also a publisher of games, security should be a priority. On Wed,

Re: [hlds_linux] hacking steam accounts

2010-10-13 Thread Gene H
, that doesnt help fix the issues If you are aware of a real exploit send it to valve and give them time to fix it before posting it here other than maybe a generic hey I found this, too many people trolling looking for things to use ingame here. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Gene H geneharde

Re: [hlds_linux] hacking steam accounts

2010-10-13 Thread Gene H
. If you use the bug reporter, maybe not On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Gene H geneharde...@gmail.com wrote: Last time I did that, Steam locked my account. Go figure. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Don P buzza...@gmail.com wrote: Well it requires people like us to tell them about

Re: [hlds_linux] L4D2 updates

2010-07-30 Thread Gene H
/sarcasm On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Adam Smith absmi...@gmail.com wrote: /care On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Saint K. sai...@specialattack.net wrote: Are doin my fkin head in. I've been very patient, but seriously, what the fuck is up with the weekly, and sometimes twice a week.

Re: [hlds_linux] Fake servers with our name...

2010-07-28 Thread Gene H
unless it's against the law (aka trademark law, etc.) if the community name is trademarkedand you give Valve legal noticeperhaps maybe... then againValve should have policies in place for CyberSquatting much like ICANN..in cases where a third-party uses a name that they have no

Re: [hlds_linux] Fake servers with our name...

2010-07-28 Thread Gene H
geezdo I have to hold your hand to the big boy's room? I gave you a potential solutionget your community name trademark.hire a lawyer to send Valve a notice of trademark infringement (caused by fake servers claiming your trademark)...then perhaps sue if Valve does nothing. Case

Re: [hlds_linux] Possible update?

2010-07-10 Thread Gene H
zero-byte map files (with default map filenames) with different permissions? I guess it can still blow up the updater and thenthe world *insert Dr. Evil's grin and pinky pose here* On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:11 AM, E3pO e...@wmclan.net wrote: Ahhh, okay thank you for that. This still

Re: [hlds_linux] Possible update?

2010-07-10 Thread Gene H
chmod 644 (or 640 for the paranoid) owned by root:group run game daemon in the same group but different userso game daemon only has read-only access... shoot...NO daemon should have write access to config files (any configs that the daemon can change should be in another file.) On Sat, Jul

Re: [hlds_linux] Possible update?

2010-07-10 Thread Gene H
blame valve...I didn't write the daemon. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Jesse Molina je...@opendreams.net wrote: You didn't think/read. This doesn't address the issue at hand. Gene H wrote: chmod 644 (or 640 for the paranoid) owned by root:group run game daemon in the same group

Re: [hlds_linux] Possible update?

2010-07-10 Thread Gene H
talking about ./steam -command update overwriting user-modified files and how to prevent it. But yea, I'll blame Valve on the startup daemon. It's not all that either. =) Gene H wrote: blame valve...I didn't write the daemon. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 3:30 AM, Jesse Molina je

Re: [hlds_linux] Possible update?

2010-07-09 Thread Gene H
I wonder what happens if you send the permissions of the maps folder to a different user and make it read-only...(chmod/chown FTW) wonder how the updater will deal with a access denied write-error... *watches world blow up like some ep of Futurama or Dilbert* On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 9:56 PM, E3pO

Re: [hlds_linux] l4d2: how to shutdown via cron?

2010-07-04 Thread Gene H
You're using named instances of screen, right? if so, you can use that to inject commands into each instance. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Eric Riemers riem...@binkey.nl wrote: All, Since these mutators are coming every now and then, i need to update all my l4d2 instances. These are

Re: [hlds_linux] l4d2: how to shutdown via cron?

2010-07-04 Thread Gene H
thought that was the whole purpose of being subscribed to this list...to get notices when there is an update. On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:14 PM, Jesse Molina je...@opendreams.net wrote: Hi all I'm going to slightly threadjack here. I'm a very experienced unix sysadmin, but I'm a noob to the

Re: [hlds_linux] l4d2: how to shutdown via cron?

2010-07-04 Thread Gene H
/screen session. Infact I vaguely remember a little while back the same subject being discussed. Try doing a search on the mailing list website (http://list.valvesoftware.com/). Regards ||On 5/07/2010 12:49 PM, Gene H wrote: thought that was the whole purpose of being subscribed to this list