or because hl have saved your pw at some point in the past in your setinfo buffer and it is now automatically loaded (having config.cfg set to read-only will cause this).
start up hl without the shortcut. Then bring up the console and type "setinfo" and see if your password is in there :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coroner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:34 PM Subject: [hlds_linux] adminpass or users.ini or WTF ?!?!? > Hello hlds_l gods, > > Here's the vitals: > MetaMod = 1.12.00 > AdminMod = 25026a > hlds_l = 46/3.1.1.0/2056 > HLGuard = 1.01 > OS = Mandrake 7.2 > > OK, I've been running this small DM server for a long time and have > never had this problem. Using AdminMod I have set myself up in the > users.ini file and created the adminpass.cfg file on my HL Client PC. > This has been up and working for about the past 2+ years. > > I have a shortcut on my desktop that I always use to join my server. > Tonight I was goofing around with GameSpy Arcade and I double clicked > to join my server mistakenly (I meant to click the one directly below > mine). So I'm like OK, np, I'll just sit here and let it load and it > will kick me. Well, to my utmost surprise I did not get kicked. The game > let me right in. I may have forgot to mention this. On the shortcut > I use to join my own server I have "exec adminpass.cfg" in the command > line. My adminpass.cfg file is not executed unless I join via this > shortcut. So joining through GameSpy, or any other means, should kick > me because I am using a reserved name w/o authenticating first. > > Here's the scary part. Not only can I join the game using a reserved > name, but I can also execute AdminMod commands. All of this w/o > authenticating myself to the server. > > PLEASE, does anyone have any clue as to why this could have suddenly > begun happening. > > AtDhVaAnNkCsE, > > Coroner > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.tampabay.rr.com/coroner > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
