It may be on Steam's end, the VAC servers may get overloaded and your server can't communicate with them. Because L4D puts the server in a hibernation mode when it is empty, I bet it doesn't try to auth until people join - and thus failing of the VAC servers are busy. This is pure speculation though.
As a side note, there is a Linux mailing list that you might want to try instead of this one. And another note, Valve remove the sv_unreserve command a while ago. On Fri, 2009-01-02 at 13:25 +0000, Tom Richardson wrote: > Hi All > > I'm having an annoying problem with my L4D server - VAC keeps disabling > itself. When it's off, running a status command in the console shows > "version : 1.0.0.7/37 3681 insecure (secure mode enabled, disconnected from > Steam3)" - my hosting company told me it was just one of those things that > happens occasionally, but it seemed like I was having to do it every day. > I've just done some fiddling and seems like VAC turns off as soon as people > join the server, which obviously can't be right. Does anyone know what this > could be causing this? My server.cfg is below. > > // server name > hostname "The Dead Snails Society" > > // rcon passsword > rcon_password "********" > > // Server password > sv_password "" > > // search key > //sv_search_key "******" > > //allow non-lobby people to join > //sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 > > //Unreserve slots, aka fix the dumbass hibernating bug > sv_unreserve > > sv_alltalk 0 > sv_pausable 0 > sv_consistency 0 > sv_voiceenable 1 > > // server logging > log off > sv_logbans 0 > sv_logecho 1 > sv_logfile 1 > sv_log_onefile 0 > sv_cheats 0 > > // operation > sv_lan 0 > sv_region 3 > > // execute ban files > exec banned_user.cfg > exec banned_ip.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
