Wow, you're condescending. Paying a gsp isn't just "the easy route". For people with poor Internet connections, for example, it's the only route. On Jan 13, 2013 11:50 AM, "Asher Baker" <[email protected]> wrote:
> You should open a ticket with your host if they're not providing > updates (even if it is only optional), you clearly don't have the > access to run steamcmd yourself (the install/update tool). The patch > is optional as clients do not require it to play on the server, so in > order to minimize disruption it can be applied whenever individual > servers want to (or possibly never, at least until the next mandatory > one, if they've already worked around it). > > And while I understand your frustration, if you'd installed the server > yourself you would know how to update it, which is why I felt no need > to include instructions to that effect. However, having gone the easy > route of paying a GSP to host it, you're at their mercy and should be > having this conversation with their support channels, no one here can > offer anything but workarounds using server plugins. > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pardon, how exactly do YOU update a server? Please don't make > assumptions. I wouldn't have gone through the trouble of registering in > half a dozen places in order to get answers to this problem. > > > > Many (most?) Cs:go communities use "managed- server" hosts which provide > only ftp access and a web gui to install updates and to restart the server; > I do not have access to our clan's server control panel outside of a > crippled one that only provides restart capability, but I'm told that there > is no patch pending. Only mandatory ones have been pushed to the server > panel in the past. So, we're not sure what to do. Still wonder why this > isn't a mandatory update. If there is another way to get access to the > files, and if ftp access also allows for updating core server files to be > updated (this I do not know- we may only have the ability to modify files > in certain folders -- and we certainly do not have ssh) then it would be > helpful to know where this patch has been archived... > > > > I realize that in part this is a host support issue, but it seems > improper that we should have to jump through hoops to get information about > something so fundamentally important. I think the main problem here is the > labeling of the patch as optional when clearly it is necessary. Optional > means the host doesn't have to provide it... But as evidenced, it is a show > stopper, and clearly a majority of community servers are still vulnerable > days after the patch was published........... This is not my area of > expertise, but from a purely observational perspective, I think it's safe > to say that the problem has not been solved if all of the top 20 North > American community servers are empty late on a saturday night. I am not > interested in 5v5 matchmaking servers, but I have heard that some still > aren't patched. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Asher Baker <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:16:51 > > To: <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Csgo_servers] mp_warmup_start/end exploit is now a big > problem > > > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 12:01 PM, kdl_512 <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I can't speak to the technical details, though I suspect it was an > honest > >> oversight with a trivial fix. The supposed hotfix was "shipped" quite > >> quickly. What shipped means or how one would use such a fix is unclear. > > > > Shipped means released, and you use it by updating your server like > > any other update. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Csgo_servers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > _______________________________________________ > > Csgo_servers mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers > > _______________________________________________ > Csgo_servers mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/csgo_servers >
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