Just FTP :)

Le 4 août 09 à 18:11, David A. Parker a écrit :

> Does the client have SSH access, or just FTP?
>
> Arnaud DUMAS de RAULY wrote:
>> Your assumptions are correct. The client needs access to the ftp (and
>> all of our clients have this acces, as well as all of our  
>> competitor's
>> clients) to be able to change anything he wants, such as server name,
>> password, etc ... this is how it's been for the past 2 years and  
>> we've
>> never had this problem before.
>>
>> I asked him how he manages to this and I'm waiting on an answer,  
>> but I
>> assume that I won't get it. I can always shut down his account but my
>> concern is if he can do it, then everyone can.
>>
>> PS: my other solution is to give acces to only a couple of parameters
>> in the server.cfg via my game panel, which brings me to another
>> question that will be the subject of another email: is there a
>> freelancer out there that can build us a new gamepanel (php, mysql of
>> course), I'm also going to put an RFP up on the major dev sites.
>>
>> Thanks all for your input.
>>
>>
>>
>> Le 4 août 09 à 17:29, David A. Parker a écrit :
>>
>>> Let me make a few assumptions here.  I assume that:
>>>
>>> 1. You have a box and the "client" in question pays for a CS 1.6
>>> server
>>> with N slots which runs on this box.
>>>
>>> 2. You don't want him to change the number of slots because he only
>>> pays
>>> for N slots.
>>>
>>> Is this the case?  If so, then my solution to the problem would be  
>>> to
>>> tell him that he either explains to you in detail exactly what he is
>>> doing and how he is doing it, or you cancel his service and revoke  
>>> his
>>> access to the box.
>>>
>>> If my assumptions are incorrect then I must be misunderstanding  
>>> all of
>>> this, since I can't think of any other reason he would have access  
>>> to
>>> the server.cfg but you wouldn't want him changing the slot count.
>>>
>>> Arnaud DUMAS de RAULY wrote:
>>>> Yes he can upload different server.cfg
>>>>
>>>> The server is launched by command line, the command-line overrides
>>>> the
>>>> setting in the server.cfg doesn't it, unless maybe the "autoupdate"
>>>> feature enables a reboot ignoring the commandline (which seems
>>>> impossible though) ?
>>>> I've been hosting servers for the past year and a half like that, I
>>>> would have known earlier if a simple "maxplayers 24" line in the
>>>> server.cfg changed anything .... I hope ...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your input.
>>>>
>>>> Le 4 août 09 à 17:08, David A. Parker a écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> When you say "he has ftp access" does that mean he can upload a
>>>>> server.cfg file to the directory where you have CS installed?  If
>>>>> that's
>>>>> the case, I would guess he's uploading a custom server.cfg and it
>>>>> gets
>>>>> read on map change.  Just a guess, though.
>>>>>
>>>>>   - Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> Arnaud DUMAS de RAULY wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks guys for your answers, but here a couple more details:
>>>>>> - the command script is protected
>>>>>> - the guy says he does it using the server.cfg
>>>>>> - gameservers are launched as a user and not as root
>>>>>> - he has ftp access
>>>>>> - the bins and .so are not protected
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Le 4 août 09 à 16:59, Ronny Schedel a écrit :
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Protect your start scripts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>> I just found out one of my clients can change the slot count of
>>>>>>>> his
>>>>>>>> server (CS 1.6), does anyone know how ou know how to stop him
>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>> doing so ? Is there a common way of doing it and most
>>>>>>>> important, is
>>>>>>>> there a fix ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think he uses the server.cfg to send commands through to the
>>>>>>>> server.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks all for your help
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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