nah, this is Admin Mod being super smart :) (and getting around a problem caused by cstrike).
The problem is that some maps in cstrike take so long to change people actually get dropped then automatically reconnect (this is invisible to the user). Now, the original Admin Mod would have kicked the user on reconnect because they didn't enter the correct password. This was causing heartache becuase people were being kicked on "map change" and getting grumpy about it. To overcome the problem admin mod caches the connecting ip address,wonid and a couple other values. If someone with a match to those values reconnects within a certain timeout (I think its about 2 minutes) then they gain their previous privilleges. nifty eh? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Coroner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Coroner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] adminpass or users.ini or WTF ?!?!? > OK, Well this is wierd..... > > Now, all of a sudden, I do get kicked when I try to enter w/o > authenticating to the server. Of course that's great, but why is it > working now... > > Another experiment: > > I go ahead and join, authenticate, and everything is great. Works > like a charm. > > Now I drop and try to join again, but this time w/o authenticating. > Amazingly I am let in and again able to execute AdminMod commands. > > Arrrgggghhhhhh !!!!! > > Does the HL Client Cache your authentication info for a set period of > time thereby allowing you to join a server w/o authenticating, but > having access right as if you did ????? > > Still scratching head.... > > > Coroner > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.tampabay.rr.com/coroner > > ============================================ > > Thursday, July 11, 2002, 11:34:07 PM, you wrote: > > C> Hello hlds_l gods, > > C> Here's the vitals: > C> MetaMod = 1.12.00 > C> AdminMod = 25026a > C> hlds_l = 46/3.1.1.0/2056 > C> HLGuard = 1.01 > C> OS = Mandrake 7.2 > > C> OK, I've been running this small DM server for a long time and have > C> never had this problem. Using AdminMod I have set myself up in the > C> users.ini file and created the adminpass.cfg file on my HL Client PC. > C> This has been up and working for about the past 2+ years. > > C> I have a shortcut on my desktop that I always use to join my server. > C> Tonight I was goofing around with GameSpy Arcade and I double clicked > C> to join my server mistakenly (I meant to click the one directly below > C> mine). So I'm like OK, np, I'll just sit here and let it load and it > C> will kick me. Well, to my utmost surprise I did not get kicked. The game > C> let me right in. I may have forgot to mention this. On the shortcut > C> I use to join my own server I have "exec adminpass.cfg" in the command > C> line. My adminpass.cfg file is not executed unless I join via this > C> shortcut. So joining through GameSpy, or any other means, should kick > C> me because I am using a reserved name w/o authenticating first. > > C> Here's the scary part. Not only can I join the game using a reserved > C> name, but I can also execute AdminMod commands. All of this w/o > C> authenticating myself to the server. > > C> PLEASE, does anyone have any clue as to why this could have suddenly > C> begun happening. > > C> AtDhVaAnNkCsE, > > C> Coroner > C> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > C> http://home.tampabay.rr.com/coroner > > > C> _______________________________________________ > C> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > C> 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
