chmod 644 (or 640 for the paranoid) owned by root:group run game daemon in the same group but different user....so game daemon only has read-only access...
shoot...NO daemon should have write access to config files (any configs that the daemon can change should be in another file.) On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 2:45 AM, Jesse Molina <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > I'm sympathetic, being a noob here myself. I just discovered this a day or > two ago; > > srcds_run -help > > srcds_run is actually just a bash script wrapper/launcher for srcds_linux. > Reading it can be very informative (less srcds_run). Numerous comments > explain some features of the script that are not documented anywhere else. > > In regards to the update script overwriting user-modified files, the Valve > devs would be wise to look at how APT/RPM package management systems handles > user-modified files. > > Any further info on this subject would be welcome. Otherwise, I'm going to > have to keep backups of my entire install directory before updates, then get > more specific with my backup list over time as I understand what files I > need to modify and are likely to be overridden during an update. > > If anyone has reading recommendations on updating and updating for multiple > installations, and management of multiple game server installations in > general, that would be appreciated. I need to do some reading here on the > subject soon. > > > > > E3pO wrote: > >> Someone should update >> http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Command_Line_Options then. I >> couldn't find those commands anywhere. What other commands are we missing >> out on? >> >> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:08 PM, 1nsane<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> +mapcyclefile >>> +motdfile >>> >>> And it won't overwrite anything. >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:56 AM, E3pO<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Would it be possible to add a command line option to not download maps? >>>> That >>>> would save some hardrive space and reduce update times/install times >>>> expecially on servers that don't use the default maps. I don't see a >>>> >>> reason >>> >>>> for keeping all the maps if they will never be used. If you delete them >>>> then >>>> on the next update it will just redownload them.. just an idea. It also >>>> gets >>>> annoying to have to rewrite overwritten maplists etc. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > -- > # Jesse Molina > # Mail = [email protected] > # Page = [email protected] > # Cell = 1.602.323.7608 > # Web = http://www.opendreams.net/jesse/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
