OK, thanks for the confirmation. That makes me feel much better then thinking that someone from the outside could wipe my banned.cfg anytime they want. This started right after I banned some myg0t clown my server, so that was one of my top suspicions.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Suck." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:05 PM Subject: RE: [hlds] Server hack? wipe banned.cfg? > Ook: > > It's a known error with HLSW that it has the potential to erase your ban > lists. Thus, on our servers, we never, ever, use the Ban List tab, but > ALWAYS enter bans in console, in the same way that you would in-game. > "banid N STEAM_0:1:234567 kick; writeid" "addip N 123.4.56.789; writeip". > In addition, we keep our banlists backed up and exec them at the start of > each map. > > I may be wrong here, but I believe that if you find that you've accidentally > wiped your lists with HLSW, you can restore your ban lists by doing the > following: goto the console and type "exec banned_user; exec banned_ip" in > console, and it will execute both your banned_user.cfg and your > banned_ip.cfg. > > > -Grant > Suck. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ook > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [hlds] Server hack? wipe banned.cfg? > > I had exec banned.cfg, but not writeid. I am indeed using HLSW, and may have > pressed the reload button (more then once), I'll keep an eye on this. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mikee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:00 AM > Subject: Re: [hlds] Server hack? wipe banned.cfg? > > If they are reversed, it will erase your banned file. Also, be careful > with > > HLSW if you use the "reload" feature on the ban tab, it also seems to wipe > > out the file. Always keep a backup set of banned files, and you can then > > re-upload them, and type at console "exec server.cfg" which will install > > the newly uploaded ban file since the two lines above are in the > > server.cfg > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
