On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:09 PM, David A. Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So you run the server as the game user from the shell inside a screen > owned by you? Interesting. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Rather than have the screen owned by the game user, I run the screen as > > myself, and su to the game user inside screen. Saves hassle later > (assuming > > you're the only one connecting to the screen, ofc) > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds_linux- > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David A. Parker > >> Sent: 09 December 2008 17:43 > >> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] rcon command linux > >> > >> That's odd. It works on my TF2 server just fine, using su in the same > >> way you tried. The screen is owned by the srcds user, but if I log in > >> as my regular user, I can do this: > >> > >> su - srcds -c "screen -S tf2-server -X eval 'stuff status\015'" > >> > >> I enter the srcds user's password, and then the status command will run > >> on the server's console. > >> > >> Have you tried logging in directly as the screen's owner (instead of > >> going through "su") and trying the screen command that way? > >> > >> Crazy Canucks wrote: > >>> That made no difference. Any chance it is a charset issue with the > >> 015 > >>> ascii code? I think the charset for my server is utf-8. > >>> > >>> Although come to think of it, that probably isn't the issue, as when > >> I > >>> look at the console, there is nothing there at all, so it probably > >> isn't > >>> an issue with the return character. I'll do some more futzing > >> about... > >>> Drek > >>> > >>> David Parker wrote: > >>>> The way you have it written, cc-server is the user and srcds is the > >> name of the screen. Is this correct? If it is, this might work > >> better: > >>>> su - cc-server -c "screen -S srcds -X eval 'stuff sm_csay test\015'" > >>>> > >>>> - Dave > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: Crazy Canucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Date: Monday, December 8, 2008 9:50 pm > >>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] rcon command linux > >>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >> <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>>> Regrettably, I can't get it to work. This is the command I used: > >>>>> > >>>>> su -c "screen -S srcds -X eval 'stuff sm_csay test\015'" cc-server > >>>>> > >>>>> Any idea why it isn't working? No error message, and the > >>>>> screen name is > >>>>> correct, but when I look at the console, there is nothing there. > >>>>> > >>>>> Drek > >>>>> > >>>>> David Parker wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Glad it helped. It's really handy to use in cron jobs if > >>>>>> > >>>>> you want to automate things on your server. I use it in a > >>>>> cron job to put our TF2 server into birthday mode every Thursday > >>>>> (and switch it back to regular mode every Friday). > >>>>> > >>>>>> - Dave > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>>> From: Crazy Canucks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>>> Date: Monday, December 8, 2008 7:14 pm > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] rcon command linux > >>>>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list > >>>>>> > >>>>> <[email protected]>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks a lot for this. I've wanted a way for my shut > >>>>>>> > >>>>> down > >>>>> > >>>>>>> script to > >>>>>>> send shutdown warnings to my server. I figured there > >>>>>>> > >>>>> had > >>>>> > >>>>>>> to be a way, > >>>>>>> but I couldn't figure it out last time I took a stab at > >>>>>>> it. :) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Cheers, Drek > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> David A. Parker wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> You can send commands to a running screen like so: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> screen -S myscreen -X eval 'stuff stats\015' > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> This would send "stats" followed by a return (\r) to the > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> screen named > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> "myscreen". You'll see it on the console if you attach > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> to myscreen > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> afterward. I don't know of a way to capture the output > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> on a screen, though. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> - Dave > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Joseph Laws wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> I imagine that would still be logged. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Marcel wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Is there a way to store the actual "screen" in a variable > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>> or > >>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> text file? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> It would be cool to "send" a command like "stats" to the > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> screen and get > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> the output of it. Where the first "problem" would be to > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> automatically > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> attach to the screen, enter command, detach the screen and > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> then get the > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> content of the screen. This sould be done by a bash script. > >>>>>>>>>> This way you'd be able to generate nice mrtg graphs about > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> fps etc. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> *without* the rcon password and without logging of the access. > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> - Marcel > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>>>> 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 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please visit: > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > >>> > >> -- > >> > >> Dave Parker > >> Utica College > >> Integrated Information Technology Services > >> (315) 792-3229 > >> Registered Linux User #408177 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > -- > > Dave Parker > Utica College > Integrated Information Technology Services > (315) 792-3229 > Registered Linux User #408177 > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > im using it this way. because screen does know your original user. so if you sudo to another user then create a screen, the screen/tty will be owned by your original user, not the sudo-ed user. 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