Thanks for the help guys, I will try what you suggest. However, I still
don't see why this issue arises if the client still has the correct
password stored (cf. autocompleted value). Granted, the RCON connection may
be reset, but if the password is saved then it should be able to
re-establish it as necessary, no?

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Saul Rennison <[email protected]>wrote:

> So put your server's RCON password in autoexec instead, is what Sebastian
> is suggesting.
>
> On Saturday, December 10, 2011, Sebastian Staudt <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > From users of my RCON library I know that setting rcon_password in the
> server.cfg is sub-optimal. After a map change the server.cfg is reloaded
> and will – although the password is not changed – reset any RCON
> connections.
> > Source uses TCP (and persistent connections) for RCON. It seems like
> rcon_password will automatically reset all connected RCON clients.
> >
> > Am Samstag, 10. Dezember 2011 um 16:23 schrieb Brian:
> >
> > When I set a the rcon_password in console to use on my server, it seems
> to stop working after the first command, or some length of time.
> >
> > Eg I do
> >
> > rcon_password password
> > rcon exec etf2l
> >
> > then play some… then when wanting to go the next map I try
> >
> > rcon changelevel cp_snakewater
> >
> > … and it does nothing.
> >
> > I have to do
> >
> > rcon_password password
> > rcon changelevel cp_snakewater
> >
> > to get it to work.
> >
> > The weird thing is, the stored value of rcon_password is still correct,
> ie it shows “rcon_password password” as the tab-complete when I start
> reentering the command.
> >
> > Is there like some kind of timeout as in sudo where you just have to
> enter your password again?
> >
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> *Saul Rennison*
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