The percentage thing is totally normal, I have not completed an update in the last year or so that ended at an actual 100%.
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Matt D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I run a CSS surfing server (on windows server 2003) with mani admin (via > sourceMM) and eventscripts (and the es_tools addon) along with many custom > eventscripts. Last night my server mysteriously crashed and would not start > back up. I spoke with one of the players who was in my server at the time, > and someone allegedly said they were going to crash it; shortly after the > server went down. It now refuses to start back up, and the final console > lines in this screen shot are what it says before crashing and then > attempting to restart via my keepalive batch script: > > http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/364/46784441qg3.jpg > > I know these errors have been seen before (via google searches), but what > really intrigues me is what followed. Thinking I may have a bad memory stick > I copied the entire srcds directory to another computer hoping it might > work, but the exact same thing happens. Then just for kicks I decide to try > running the hldsupdatetool, first of all it turns out I was not running the > most recent version of the srcds, so it attempts to update it (I'm thinking > that may have been part of the problem). It begins to update, but what I > find odd is that the percentages are above 100%, quite far past 100% in some > cases; I cannot remember the exact numbers here but it was quite large. Now > I am very perplexed as to what the problem might be, so I decided to run the > updater again, but this time specify the -verify_all flag. I caught the > percentages this time, and it starts verifying at 0.00% and stays there for > a while, then abruptly jumps to 154300.00% and then finishes at > 348441500.00%, after completion reporting my hlds installation is up to > date. It would appear that something has been seriously compromised and/or > corrupted within my srcds installation somewhere, but I am not sure exactly > what. > > What leads me to believe that this was an intentional act of malice is that > my server was running just fine for weeks prior to this incident, then last > night without me changing anything, my server is totally broken. I am > currently in the process of starting with a fresh install and porting all my > settings over to the new installation (as well as updating a few of the > plugins which I now know were outdated versions, perhaps this will help in > the future too) hoping to fix things. > > I am really just wondering though if anyone has heard of anything like this > before, or is aware of any known exploits or vulnerabilities which exist/may > have existed in older versions of the srcds. I am trying my fresh install on > version 95 which I believe is the most recent version. > _______________________________________________ > 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
