Hi > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcel > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 3:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] RE: Mandatory Source engine update > later today... > > Hi, > > Holy shit - that would be such a huge security problem! > Please don't to that! what security problem. im think we all wont run it under root. also as long it is a serverside var and cannot be changed via rcon there wont be a problem. if valve wants they shall limit this setting to a command line option.
> Instead another method to find out if an update is released > would be great - something you can easily do with a shell > script (like downloading a webpage and "scan" for a message or sth.). why simple if it works complicated... i still prefer the idea of havin an option to allow executing a script when a new version arrives. for real admins there should be no real security issue. (as long valve does not allow rcon setting this var and enables locking this var (e.g. as sourcetv or bots). > - Marcel Simon > | -----Original Message----- > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds_linux- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Zwickel > | Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 9:36 AM > | To: [email protected] > | Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Alfred Reynolds > | Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] RE: Mandatory Source engine update later > | today... > | > | On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:18:15 -0700 > | "Eric Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> bubbled: > | > | > The update should be released in about an hour. You'll > know as soon > | > as we do it because your server will report that it's out-of-date. > | > | Feature request: > | Is it possible to run a given shell-script/program from hlds/srcds > | when an update is available? > | Something like this line in server config: > | update_notify_exec "/usr/bin/send_mail_to_admin.sh" > | > | Would be nice, so a script can send a mail to the admin when a new > | update is available or restart the server, send rcon messages to > | current players... . > | > | Regards, > | Martin > | > | > | -- > | MyExcuse: > | not enough memory, go get system upgrade > | > | Martin Zwickel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Research & > Development > | > | TechnoTrend AG <http://www.technotrend.de> > | > | _______________________________________________ > | 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
