Re: [hlds_linux] Enough already (STEAM UserID ticket)

2009-03-19 Thread John McCaskey
Users getting disconnected with the Invalid STEAM UserID ticket error in TF2 when Steam servers are down is a bug. Users are only supposed to get this type of disconnect if Steam is up and explicitly tells your server to disconnect a user. It should be fixed for the next TF2 update.

Re: [hlds_linux] Enough already (STEAM UserID ticket)

2009-03-19 Thread John McCaskey
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Enough already (STEAM UserID ticket) This also occurs on HLDS servers. Would be nice to see a fix too. - Original Message - From: John McCaskey jmccas...@valvesoftware.com To: hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com; h

Re: [hlds_linux] Server's Don't Reconnect to Steam Again? :(

2009-06-16 Thread John McCaskey
The Steam code has logic to fall back to TCP instead of UDP for the Steam connection if the UDP connection has failed repeatedly. Perhaps you have iptables rules or a firewall that is only allowing UDP outbound to port 27017 (the Steam authentication/item/vac servers)? If that's the case then

Re: [hlds_linux] Server's Don't Reconnect to Steam Again? :(

2009-06-30 Thread John McCaskey
I'd like the full log that contains the failure time as well as the new log from when you restarted. Also, did you kill the process instead of exiting it cleanly? It should be impossible for the log to suddenly end at the point you have as the end in your email. -Original Message-

Re: [hlds_linux] Server's Don't Reconnect to Steam Again? :(

2009-06-30 Thread John McCaskey
Actually, those commands won't flush these logs. -Original Message- From: hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Milton Ngan Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:26 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list

Re: [hlds_linux] Server's Don't Reconnect to Steam Again? :(

2009-06-30 Thread John McCaskey
...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds_linux-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of John McCaskey Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:08 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Server's Don't Reconnect to Steam Again? :( I'd like the full log that contains the failure

Re: [hlds_linux] hacking steam accounts

2010-10-13 Thread John McCaskey
If you have concrete evidence of an exploit please provide us with any information you have. We would certainly take such an exploit seriously. However, we currently aren't aware of any such exploit and have no evidence that one would be possible. Sometimes rumors about exploits turn out to

Re: [hlds_linux] hacking steam accounts

2010-10-14 Thread John McCaskey
To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] hacking steam accounts You've got mail. Kyle. On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:40 PM, John McCaskey jmccas...@valvesoftware.com wrote: If you have concrete evidence of an exploit please provide us with any information you