SteamCMD Error

[Hazz]

I've been encountering errors with SteamCMD and UGCC for a while now but need to get it working correctly as TF2 is being updated to use SteamCMD soon so most of our servers will need to use the new updater.

I'm testing using a CSGO server at the moment, when running the updater from the panel I get:

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Update completed 03/08/2013 00:07:31
Redirecting stderr to '/root/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[  0%] Download complete.
[----] Verifying installation...
[----] !!! Fatal Error: Steam failed to load: *SteamStartEngine(0xffd2be60) failed with error 1: Failed to create directory /root/Steam

The update path is: /home/userhere/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh

Commandline arguments: +login anonymous +force_install_dir /home/userhere/servers/csgo1 +app_update 740 +quit

The above works fine from ssh, seems to be some issue when using it from UGCC. Not quite sure why its trying to use /root/Steam, when updating via ssh it uses /home/userhere/Steam

I've tried chmod 777 on /root/Steam just to test, still no luck. Also tried removing the directory entirely. I am still running UGCC 1.563, from the latest release notes I don't think updating would help.

Any ideas?

[Masher]

Shoot me a PM with details on how to ssh to your server and panel details and I'll take a look.

[Masher]

Not reallly sure what's going with steamcmd. I've had other reports that didrole's tool worked better with the panel and linux though. Give it a try

http://didrole.com/UpdateTool/

[Hazz]

Ok, thanks. I don't mind using that tool for now but I think SteamCMD should be looked into with UGCC.

[Masher]

I've haven't had any issues with it in my testing, and my setup isn't much diferent than yours. I'll fire up my linux box and check again.

[Hazz]

Hi Masher.

Did you have any luck with further testing?

It seems SteamCMD works a lot better not running as root. Would it be possible for the panel to run SteamCMD as a different user?

[Masher]

I haven't been able to reproduce the issue, even with the panel running as root.

You can change the monitor to run as your normal user account if you wish to see if that doesn't help. You may have to fix up file permissions. The monitor's log file should list which user it is running as.

[Hazz]

Ok, thanks for the info. I'll do some testing.

CSS and TF2 are moving over to SteamCMD in the next couple of weeks so better be ready.

[Masher]

Hazz,

I've been doing some testing this morning. I downloaded a fresh copy of steamcmd from valve's developer wiki. Looks like it was updated in February-ish. You may want to try redownloading the package. It looks like they finally fixed the problem with the steamcmd.sh script as well, so try changing your update settings to use the steamcmd.sh and let me know how it turns out.

[Hazz]

Hi Masher,

Removed any trace of SteamCMD and started over. Working as expected now.

Thanks!

[Masher]

No problem. Good to hear.