Facing a problem...

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Facing a problem...

Hello all, It's me =(SS)=|Col.No LimiT , we are facing a new problem suddenly show up and we don't know what is it or how...We are getting randoms kicks without any messages but i open Console found *You are kicked* , i have changed RCON few days ago as if someone playing with it, stopped for a while then it starts again!! it seems like we got silentkick or something...What is this? and how to stop it from happening? or to make sure we have the good security against anything can affect our servers?

P.S: For about a month or less , we had another problem that server was crashing a lot and as we thought it was someone hacking it or something like that , somehow not sure. But i think we have fixed it and nothing happen again till this kicking problem shows up.

                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Best regards, No LimiT

Re: Facing a problem...

No LimiT wrote:

Hello all, It's me =(SS)=|Col.No LimiT , we are facing a new problem suddenly show up and we don't know what is it or how...We are getting randoms kicks without any messages but i open Console found *You are kicked* , i have changed RCON few days ago as if someone playing with it, stopped for a while then it starts again!! it seems like we got silentkick or something...What is this? and how to stop it from happening? or to make sure we have the good security against anything can affect our servers?

P.S: For about a month or less , we had another problem that server was crashing a lot and as we thought it was someone hacking it or something like that , somehow not sure. But i think we have fixed it and nothing happen again till this kicking problem shows up.

                                                                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Best regards, No LimiT

 

Hi - well the server cfg is already renamed so they should not easily be able to get your RCON - Is it random users getting kicked or same ones ? - Just a thought its not some sort of ping rate setting ? 

If your not getting much in logs turn developer on for a bit so you can capture more info - Change RCON again and dont give it to anyone for a bit to see how you get on - not had any other reports of this sort of issues but had one other member reporting random server crashes - Recommend running GSprotector if you think the server is getting attacked in some way

Keep us posted on how you get on 

 

 

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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i don't have the permission to get into directly to the logs it's only YAYA for now, the kicks was mainly for SS members so Shadow told me that could be a bug on scapp that an Admin marked YES on Configuration>Server Configuration>Kick for In/Outping> YES....He told me it'd be NO that by somehow it can kick someone for highping and kick another Innocent player with him too and this player should be Client 0, so this means members who join with the private password will be the CLIENT 0 that's why....But i joined from few minutes by the privatepassword with different name, after a while that kicks starts again changed my name and exit MOHAA then rejoined, and didn't activate the RCON and got kicked too after a while for about 3-4 after i changed my name and all of thing. so i'm not sure what the hell is this could be?! about GSprotector i don't kno much about him but will give it a try, downloaded it GSprotector Admin & Sub Admin tools v 2.0 , not sure this is the one you meant by or another one cause i found few more about GSprotector. If you can look into the Logs and could see the Errors or what can show what is this? that will be great.

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hi .....no limit...

i have checked logs and the problem you have is because you are running a server scanning program ...maybe its foresight or something similar !!!

this is known to conflict with reborn patch and cause the problem you are having i.e. any player gets kicked for any reason  then player in slot 0 (private slot ) is also kicked .

solution is :stop using server scanner program or don't use private slots !!!!

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Hey thanks for your reply, hmm i tried since last time to enter without the private slots and i got kicked too!! Even now it's became more silly i keep reconnecting and i got kicked after i join server by about 2-3 seconds then kick, even changed name and no private slots and got the kicks! became more aggressive now than before o.O

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No LimiT wrote:

Hey thanks for your reply, hmm i tried since last time to enter without the private slots and i got kicked too!! Even now it's became more silly i keep reconnecting and i got kicked after i join server by about 2-3 seconds then kick, even changed name and no private slots and got the kicks! became more aggressive now than before o.O

 

Not had chance to look but did you change RCON - as Dave said others running scanners so changing RCON will prevent them running 

 

 

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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hi again...

i also notice the server is running antinamechange ...which may be the reason for the kick when you change name ...lol

but that does not load properly ,possible a code error has crept in ,because the log is reporting a compile error for that script .

 

 

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The kick for changing name it's an option on scapp we are using for players keep changing their names in the game , so we made it about after 3 or 4 times of changing names you get a kick only while in game and you keep changing your name , we have been using it from a time nothing happened before till we faced this problem from about 2 weeks. but as i said before i can't even join the server i got kicked after joining by 2 seconds so i'll change RCON from the main file and see, so i meant it should not be the reason from kick for changing names as it's activate only in game, it seems for me like i got a ban and after loading the map i got banned but nothing say i got kicked or something in the game just in console you got disconnected / kick from server! wil change the RCON and let you know if i keep getting kicked or not after it.

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yes i have changed the RCON again and didn't give it to anyone else this time & player for more than half an hour normally without any kicks!! So that should be a problem in Admin's scapp ?! and What should it be?

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Problably he have the auto kick high ping enable on the program and you have to turn off.

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Yeh if you look in the settings on SCAPP host their are a few options - the problem is one of your admins who runs SCAPP host has one of these settings on  - Click on the Server in SCAPP and then click on configuration all the settings are in their.

 

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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Hi all, I am =(SS)=|Col.RuB from SS clan. I want to ask you to think about this problem once more. We still got this problem. ): Here are some facts: - a kick is being given to a innocent SS member (I think mostly admin SS members) when a player (with high ping) gets a high ping kick. - the SS member getting kicked isn't necessarily joining the 2 private slots, so it doesn't only happen to client 0 players (for instance: I have had plenty of kicks in client 6 position) - sometimes, console just reports the SS member 'disconnected' (but in reality, it was a kick) - i use crow king's autokick and noticed that I am giving myself kicks whenever I kick someone with a high ping - when I stop/turn off my autokick I do get a kick whenever another admin kicks a high pinger (so it is not just my autokick causing the problem) - some admins never had kicks and some have had lots of them... first.. i didn't get kicks, but it looks like I am getting all the kicks at the moment - not every admin seems to kick innocent SS members (although there are also a lot of kicks without any information about the source of the kick, so maybe everyone is involved) - some admins use Crow King's and some admins use SCAPP (but I think most admins using SCAPP also use Crow King's for announcements I think that is about it. Any questions? Could it be caused by a bugged Crow? How come the bugged program only gives SS members a kick? Why doesnt stopping AK help me preventing kicks?

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Hi all, I am =(SS)=|Col.RuB from SS clan.

I want to ask you to think about this problem once more. We still got this problem. ):

Here are some facts:

- a kick is being given to a innocent SS member (I think mostly admin SS members) when a player (with high ping) gets a high ping kick.

- the SS member getting kicked isn't necessarily joining the 2 private slots, so it doesn't only happen to client 0 players (for instance: I have had plenty of kicks in client 6 position)

- sometimes, console just reports the SS member 'disconnected' (but in reality, it was a kick)

- i use crow king's autokick and noticed that I am giving myself kicks whenever I kick someone with a high ping

- when I stop/turn off my autokick I do get a kick whenever another admin kicks a high pinger (so it is not just my autokick causing the problem)

- some admins never had kicks and some have had lots of them... first.. i didn't get kicks, but it looks like I am getting all the kicks at the moment

- not every admin seems to kick innocent SS members (although there are also a lot of kicks without any information about the source of the kick, so maybe everyone is involved)

- some admins use Crow King's and some admins use SCAPP (but I think most admins using SCAPP also use Crow King's for announcements

 

I think that is about it. Any questions? 

Could it be caused by a bugged Crow? How come the bugged program only gives SS members a kick? Why doesnt stopping AK help me preventing kicks?

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Another suggestion.... Someone told me that B2K server and shadow's server got the same problem? Is that true? If so, could it be a aaaa problem?

 

edit: I tried to post a comment earlier, but it must be reviewed by a moderator.... so first read the comment below (hope a mod will post it)

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RuB wrote:

Another suggestion.... Someone told me that B2K server and shadow's server got the same problem? Is that true? If so, could it be a aaaa problem?

 

edit: I tried to post a comment earlier, but it must be reviewed by a moderator.... so first read the comment below (hope a mod will post it)

 

As far as I know this is isolated issue and B2K and shadow have not reported this - as far as I can see this is an RCON issue from a remote admin tool change your RCONS and dont give them out - if this still happens then post on X-null as their may be an issue but this is not wide spread - I suspect someone is having a go at your server but if RCON is secure and your still getting these issues then clearly its not a remote ~RCON and their is a security issue that needs to be raised with the patch

 

 

Happy shooting - Kill em ALL and kill em again

 

 

Cheers

  Heatsinkbod

&nb

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I had this issue before but fixed it due to turning off the in /outping kick in scapp.. and only client 0 was affected.

I think too many people are running an anti-kick program and that's what causing it.. otherwise I'm not sure.

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Changed rconpassword.... so that only my ak was running...

It seemed that the kicking was solved that way. Then i gave the rcon to SS gram and after he turned on his ak, i got kicked..

Then we did some tests (i did get kicked with only his ak on and mine off)... and it seemed like his ak was the problem.

He reinstalled it, but the problem was still there.

I reinstalled ak too, but the problem was still there.

Gram put his ak off and then... i still got a kick.

 

So.... i always get a kick when gram OR me is using ak.... it happens on the second high ping that is being given. So... it shouldn't be caused by his or mine ak i guess, because it just doesn't matter which program is used. Also... all the other admins couldn't run their ak, so we now know for sure it isn't a rcon problem???

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Yesterday I changed the rcon password. The kicks stopped for some time, so I thought the problem was indeed caused by one of our admins.

Futhermore I gave the rcon password to SS col.gram and after he turned his Crow King´s AK, I did get kicks (from gram) when another player was kicked for high ping (I got kicks even after I turned off my Crow King's AK, so at that time it was only SS col.gram running an ak).

But... Gram reinstalled AK and the kicks were still being given.

Then I reinstalled AK and that also didnt help. Also... when gram shut down his ak... i still got a kick (from myself).

So the facts:

- Kicks occur when a player with a high ping is kicked... a SS member (mainly admins I guess, and at the moment mainly me. Some admins - like ss.colgram - never get kicked) will then be kicked with him

- It doesn't matter if you are client 0 or another number.

- SCAPP can't cause the problem because I changed the password and the kicks still occurred (and I am not using SCAPP, nor does SS col.gram)

- Crow King's autokick can cause the problem, but the program of both me and ss.colgram need to be corrupted. Futhermore, we reinstalled the program and haven't made any changes to the program/settings in the past year.

- The kicks occur every second time our AK kicks a high ping player (that's probably why if first thought the problem was solved when I changed our rcon password)

 

I think I may reinvestigate the problem later this week with another admin that uses SCAPP as his autokick tool. But if SCAPP is also kicking a innocent SS member, I think the problem must be the server.

note: we have reinstalled Crow King's AK, but even when I removed all files and data... after I reinstalled AK it was preset with my original setting. Also, my list of banned names and ip´s was there. Does somebody know were AK stores that data? I want to remove every bit of it to make sure that I have a new and clean Crow King's AK. Same happened to ss.colgram btw.

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Yesterday I changed the rcon password. The kicks stopped for some time, so I thought the problem was indeed caused by one of our admins.

Futhermore I gave the rcon password to SS col.gram and after he turned his Crow King´s AK, I did get kicks (from gram) when another player was kicked for high ping (I got kicks even after I turned off my Crow King's AK, so at that time it was only SS col.gram running an ak).

But... Gram reinstalled AK and the kicks were still being given.

Then I reinstalled AK and that also didnt help. Also... when gram shut down his ak... i still got a kick (from myself).

So the facts:

- Kicks occur when a player with a high ping is kicked... a SS member (mainly admins I guess, and at the moment mainly me. Some admins - like ss.colgram - never get kicked) will then be kicked with him

- It doesn't matter if you are client 0 or another number.

- SCAPP can't cause the problem because I changed the password and the kicks still occurred (and I am not using SCAPP, nor does SS col.gram)

- Crow King's autokick can cause the problem, but the program of both me and ss.colgram need to be corrupted. Futhermore, we reinstalled the program and haven't made any changes to the program/settings in the past year.

- The kicks occur every second time our AK kicks a high ping player (that's probably why if first thought the problem was solved when I changed our rcon password)

 

I think I may reinvestigate the problem later this week with another admin that uses SCAPP as his autokick tool. But if SCAPP is also kicking a innocent SS member, I think the problem must be the server.

note: we have reinstalled Crow King's AK, but even when I removed all files and data... after I reinstalled AK it was preset with my original setting. Also, my list of banned names and ip´s was there. Does somebody know were AK stores that data? I want to remove every bit of it to make sure that I have a new and clean Crow King's AK. Same happened to ss.colgram btw.