In the end, I found that under Debian I didn't need to touch the "limits.conf" file to allow the non-root account I have everything running under to set the "nice" value on processes (such as steamcmd) - as long as I am setting it higher/slower/lower-priority than normal/default/zero - not the other way around.
PS: I also found that I can shove commands to SteamCMD through std-i/o - and since the logon credentials are typically already cached - I don't have to store the password for the Steam logon anywhere in scripts or such. Once in a while it fails, and I just run it a second time ad it's fine. Example for TF2 beta (which uses "anonymous"): echo -e "login anonymous\nforce_install_dir /home/not-root/game901\napp_update 229830 validate\nquit\n" | nice -n 19 ~/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh; Example for HLDS (which uses a real Steam logon - replaced here with something else): echo -e "login SteamLogonWhoseCredentialsAreAlreadyCached\nforce_install_dir /home/not-root/game101\napp_update 90 validate\nquit\n" | nice -n 19 ~/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh; _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
