actually ive had the opposite effect, no-one has been prompted for a password and people from lobbys were able to connect. My server was set up as private and now its open to all.
here is my startup string. -game left4dead -console +map l4d_dem_hospital01_apartment -port 27200 -nomaster +ip xxx The nomaster has stemmed the flow of randoms but the sv_password is not being applied! On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Console Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > A lot of people are complaining about not being able to join after this > last > update either. > I removed all server cvars except rcon, password, steamgroup and > sv_steamgroup_exclusive 1 > Only one person has been able to connect and stay in since the update. > They were not asked for the password, but they are in the steam group. > I am not seeing anything in the logs or the console showing the other > players even trying to connect, > although I see it in the game that they try. > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 1:37 AM, Arg! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just now updated the server, and without changing any config all of a > > sudden the sv_password is not being respected. > > > > I can join anytime without being prompted for a password even though it > is > > set. Please help me. Server server.cfg below. > > > > // this is your server name as shown in the server list > > hostname "xxx" > > > > z_difficulty Normal > > > > // Log server bans in the server logs > > sv_logbans 1 > > > > // Echo log information to the console. 0 is off 1on > > sv_logecho 1 > > > > // Echo log information to the log file. 0 is off 1 is on > > sv_logfile 1 > > > > //sv_cheats 0 > > > > sv_lan 0 > > > > sv_allow_lobby_connect_only 0 > > sv_unreserve > > > > sv_password "xxx" > > // your server password. a pair of double quotes means it is not set and > > anyone can join > > > > // start rcon settings > > > > rcon_password "xxx" > > // your rcon password to log into the dev rcon console or HLSW rcon > console > > sv_rcon_banpenalty 5 > > // Number of minutes to ban users who fail rcon authentication > > sv_rcon_maxfailures 10 > > // Max number of times a user can fail rcon authentication before being > > banned > > > > // end execute ban files > > exec banned_user.cfg > > exec banned_ip.cfg > > writeid > > writeip > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > -- > http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=16196755 > _______________________________________________ > 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

