Feedback from people on this list has given me a new line of investigation 
(thanks everyone). We are working on it.

- Alfred

LuZiFeR wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Today all Ids are mixed completly on all our servers (CZ)....after a
> map-change....
> 4 foreign players are getting Admin-Rights (AMXX)...Stats are
> broken....etc.
>
> PLEASE PLEASE fix this fast !!!
>
> If you need more logs, i can send them. (I think you have a bunch of
> logs already)...
>
> Very very very annoying....
>
> A frustrated LuZi :(
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Alfred
> Reynolds
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 17. Januar 2006 21:31
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: RE: [hlds_linux] STEAM ID Bug
>
>
> Steam a SteamID? I am not sure what that is but it sounds fun ;)
>
> - Alfred
>
> Kevin Ottalini wrote:
>> Alfred already answered this on the Win32 HLDS list:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alfred Reynolds"
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:51 PM
>> Subject: RE: [hlds] Console Crashing Hacks
>>
>>
>>> There is a logging bug in the game server right now where steam id's
>>> for players very occasionally get mixed up, we are looking into it.
>>> However, this mixup CANNOT cause you to be banned, the game server
>>> has nothing to do with cheat banning. It is also not possible to
>>> Steam a SteamID, you need the Steam account name and password to get
>>> access to a Steam ID (with the exception of the above logging bug,
>>> but that does not effect ANY other steam services).
>>>
>>> - Alfred
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Matt Judge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] STEAM ID Bug
>>
>>
>>> Just a thought.  Has anyone thought about the implications of
>>> someone being banned by VAC because someone has been assigned the
>>> wrong STEAM ID?
>>>
>>> Matt Judge randomly typed the following on 01/17/2006 07:46 PM:
>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>
>>>> I know this has been reported elsewhere, but this is the first time
>>>> I have seen this bug on my servers.  Admittedly, I hadn't updated
>>>> my servers since August last year until last week.
>>>>
>>>> Here are the logs:
>>>>
>>>> L 01/17/2006 - 18:57:53: "[TAG] Alfredo<340><STEAM_ID_PENDING><>"
>>>> connected, address "82.155.xxx.xxx:27005" L 01/17/2006 - 18:58:11:
>>>> ClientPutInServer([TAG] Alfredo) (#8) L 01/17/2006 - 18:58:11:
>>>> "[TAG] Alfredo<340><STEAM_ID_PENDING><>" entered the game L
>>>> 01/17/2006 - 18:58:16: "[TAG] Alfredo<340><STEAM_ID_PENDING><>"
>>>> joined team "TERRORIST" L 01/17/2006 - 18:58:20: "[TAG]
>>>> Alfredo<340><STEAM_0:0:2261700><>"
>>>> STEAM USERID validated
>>>>
>>>> I did a check with logs from August last year to check how many
>>>> occurences there were of a player joining a team whilst their ID
>>>> was still "STEAM_ID_PENDING".  For the whole of Augusts logs,
>>>> there were just 15 times this happened.  Compare this with todays
>>>> log so far being 26.  Is there a chance that there is a connection?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Matt.
>>
>>
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