This topic is now getting old...because this issue is just not this complex. LOL!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clayton Macleod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [hlds] Eric/Alfred: How to empty banned.cfg's cache
nobody said anything about shutting down your computer. That isn't necessary. And no matter how sure you are that you've already tried something, do exactly what I say here and you'll be fine. If you're not, then you skipped something, and everybody should just ignore you from now on because you're braindead.
KILL THE GAME SERVER PROCESS.
Stop thinking about the computer itself as a server. When someone says server here, we're talking about the program that functions as the game server. Forget about hardware, forget about the machine. Someone says server, it means the game server program. Got it?
I think the problem here is that you've got the banned.cfg/banned_user.cfg being execed in your server.cfg file. Remove the line from your server.cfg that looks like:
exec banned.cfg or exec banned_user.cfg
Once you remove that from server.cfg, save it, and then kill the server again. Then delete that banned_user.cfg file too. THEN AND ONLY THEN should you start the server back up again. This way you don't have a banned_user.cfg file to begin with, and even if you did it won't get executed from the server.cfg file. This means you have absolutely no way of getting any old bans back. That file is the ONLY place they are EVER stored. If that file doesn't exist when your server isn't running then all your bans are gone forever. Simple as that.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:08:14 +0100, Agent 001Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
*sign* I've run this server for three years and have worked as a computer technitian for 5 years, so I know how to shut down a computer (Start-Shutdown the Computer). I'm not a 14 years newby and I've my own Community with forum, latest Psychostats and so on.
And I do listen to people, but sometimes I've already done what is suggested.
I do appreciate that you want to help, but everything that has been
mentioned I have already tried more than once but nothing helped.
I still have left to try out to start the server without any mods, but I'll
wait untill tomorrow morning before the server starts up so I don't have to
kick all the players.
Cheers.
//DiS|Fox
>From: Roc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>I am not disappointed at all, however you should learn to listen to >people
>because we are telling you how to do it so it MUST be you who is NOT
>following the tips you've been given!
>Alfred and Eric I am totally sure will say the same thing we've been
>telling you
>
>There is NOTHING to delete at ALL, the server MUST BE SHUT
>DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>I can tell from your writing that you aren't completely shutting down!
>
>Regards
>
>Agent 001Fox wrote:
>
>>Sorry to dissapoint you, but that doesn't work.
>>
>>I still think I need to delete some file that holds the ID's in cache.
>>
>>Doesn't anyone from Valve knows how it's done?
>>
>>//DiS|Fox
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: Roc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>
>>>Regardless, if you listen to the listed instructions 1 thru 3 it WILL
>>>work!
>>>
>>>Remember, if you use Firedaemon or ServerDoc to run your server you >>>must
>>>shut those programs or they will simply restart the server over and >>>over!
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>
>>>Agent 001Fox wrote:
>>>
>>>>When I say exiting HLDS (HLDS.EXE) I mean write "exit" in console.
>>>>By shutting down the server I mean shutting down the computer on which
>>>>HL
>>>>server is installed.
>>>>
>>>>//DiS|Fox
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: Roc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>1. You NEED to COMPLETELY shut down HLDS/server
>>>>>2. THEN delete/edit the banned.cfg
>>>>>3. THEN start HLDS/server
>>>>>4. Why are you listing "exiting HLDS then shutting down server" when
>>>>>they are one in the same
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>Agent 001Fox wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Well... I run the server at my home.
>>>>>>I exit HLDS
>>>>>>empty the banned.cfg
>>>>>>shutdown the server
>>>>>>start the server
>>>>>>start HLDS
>>>>>>ban someone by Steam ID
>>>>>>banned.cfg suddenly full of old banned Steam ID's
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In server.cfg I have "exec banned.cfg"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I know it sounds crazy, so that's why I think there is some file >>>>>>that
>>>>>>saves
>>>>>>the ID's in a cache or something.
>>>>>>Gonna try Mikee's method tomorrow morning (make the banned.cfg
>>>>>>read-only).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>//DiS|Fox
>>>>>
>>
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