pls help- solserver AUTO ban/unban - fault: I/O error #103

[blamer]

How can I stop this auto-shutdown happening again... ?

8PM: HAPPY AND HEALTHY:

13-04-30 20:15:53 Net - Al|)O.o nA <3 connected 30-04-13 08:15:53 PM
13-04-30 20:25:24 Net - Al|)O.o nA <3 disconnected 30-04-13 08:25:24 PM
13-04-30 20:27:06 TCP/IP File Server started
13-04-30 20:44:20 Net - major connected 30-04-13 08:44:20 PM
13-04-30 20:44:21 Net - major connected 30-04-13 08:44:21 PM

8:45PM: HOUSTAN, WE HAVE A PROBLEM:

major is flooding the server
major gets a ping warning
major gets a ping warning
major has been kicked and banned for 15 minutes (Ping Kick)
File logging error (W1): 103

8:45PM: OKAY AUTO-BANNED, PHEW, CRISIS AVERTED:

13-04-30 20:46:04 Net - major disconnected 30-04-13 08:46:04 PM
Time Left: 5 minutes
Time Left: 4 minutes
Time Left: 3 minutes
Time Left: 2 minutes
Time Left: 1 minutes
Next map: inf_Outpost
Outpost (remake by L[one]R)
Time Left: 15 minutes
13-04-30 20:57:07 TCP/IP File Server started

9PM: AUTO-UNBANNED, OH NO, WTF, MAYDAY MAYDAY:

IP number 80.83.239.87 (Ping Kick) unbanned
Hardware ID 267AE5DA855 (Ping Kick) unbannedServer Encountered an error:
I/O error 103

13-04-30 21:00:07 Destroying Devices.
13-04-30 21:00:07 End of Log.

13-04-30 21:00:07 IP number 80.83.239.87 (Ping Kick) unbanned
13-04-30 21:00:07 Hardware ID 267AE5DA855 (Ping Kick) unbanned

9PM AND 7 SECONDS ...YOU'RE TERMINATED:

13-04-30 21:00:07 Shutting down server...
13-04-30 21:00:07 Shutting down FileServer...
13-04-30 21:00:07 Shutting down admin server...

ls: cannot access soldatserver.pid: No such file or directory
cat: soldatserver.pid: No such file or directory
soldatserver PID =


Thanks in advance,
- @B ..

[blamer]

I just now noticed this...

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2013-04-28 14:30 bannedhw.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2013-04-28 14:30 banned.txt

So I chmod'd a+w...

-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2013-04-28 14:30 bannedhw.txt
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 2013-04-28 14:30 banned.txt

But seriously, you think the above wrong file permissions (ban/unban = I/O error 103) killed my solserver or?

Some wicked co-incidence if at 9pm and 7secs my solserver auto-unbans (err 103's) and dies.

[TheOne]

if I remember right, Falcon said that I/O 103 was caused by file access to a non-existant folder. Do you use any scripts, or happen to have removed a vital folder accidently? :p

[Falcon`]

It's generally exception about inaccessible files, in most cases because of non-existent path (missing folder). But in this case, as long as server wasn't run as root, the permissions were the cause.

[blamer]

Thanks guys, no scripts, nor removing of a vital folder.

So I get the err103 is the solserver complaining when it tries to ban and then again later when it tries to unban.

Question is, why didn't the ban's err103 kill the solserver process... but then 15mins later (to the second) the unban's err103 killed it?

You're saying Linux solserver v2.7.3 can run along happily after a #103 error if it's on a ban, but dies instantly with the #103 on unban.....right? Bug. Or just a fluke event on my box on 13-04-30.

[Falcon`]

Exception handling in soldat is a mess. As you can see.

[DarkCrusade]

Add an auto-restarter to your server so you do not have to do it manually everytime that happens. The problem persists, but has less impact.