Don't run their maps. If you want to be safe, simply open the map in wordpad and look for "rcon_password", if you see shenanigans, delete the map.
Sounds like a scumbag map author. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:41 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Random Crashes since 5/21 update? How is it that map makers can put rcon commands into their map and change your server rcon password with a button hidden on the map? -----Original Message----- From: Fudgstu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 20:29:34 To:"Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list"<hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> Subject: Re: [hlds] Random Crashes since 5/21 update? We have 3 TF2 servers running on Win2003 dedicated with a gameserver company....we have had several crashes today. One crash was noted when turning on tourney mode during a match. All servers have been restarted 4 times. Any ideas? On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM, Ian Shaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My Linux CSS server @ 8.12.20.2:27015 kept crashing after the update. > They crashed right after restarting, so they were down a good couple > hours before it was reported to me. We fixed the crash by disabling Mani > Admin 1.2S (Both VSP and MM versions were crashing the server). I > *think* MetaMod still works. Because of this new bug, I've decided to > remove the autoupdate cmd lines from all my servers until the issue is > fixed. > > Regards, > P2 > > Ben B wrote: > > all of my tf2 servers seem to be crashing every so often randomly. > > > > I am using linux > > > > I tried disabling metamod, and that did not prevent the crash. > > > > I didn't see any comments bout it, so I hope I am not the only one > getting > > these crashes :( > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
