It's sort of giving them shell access to the server itself, since you can modify any var you want. You may not be able to save it for next boot/map, but you can really mess some settings up with it.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Brian Rak <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm a bit confused by the part of the talk where you state that giving > people rcon is essentially giving them shell access to the server. I'm > not aware of any built in way of executing commands on the system. Yes, > you can write config and demo files, but there's not much you can do > with those. If you run an addon that allows you to use the system() > call, or you give someone FTP access to the server, then they can easily > get a shell, but with stock TF2/HL2 I'm not aware of any method to do that. > > - Brian Rak > > _______________________________________________ > 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
