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The following How-to will help you setup your SME Server to be a Half-Life Dedicated Server for games like Half-Life, Counter-Strike: Source, etc...

The following How-to will help you setup your SME Server to be a Half-Life Dedicated Server for games like Half-Life, Counter-Strike: Source, etc...

 

Information on this page is based on [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37402.0 this thread] in the SME Server forums.

[http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?action=profile;u=12478 Paulus] - Wiki entry "stolen" from [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37402.0 this thread].

 

==Create new user==

==Create new user==

First off we are going to make a user called: hlds. It is better if we don't run our server as root, but rather we run it as a normal user, just so that their is less chances of a security breach.

First off we are going to make a user called: hlds. It is better if we don't run our server as root, but rather we run it as a normal user, just so that there is less chances of a security breach.

To create a new user you will need to login as root to perform the following steps:

To create a new user you will need to login as root to perform the following steps:

#Enter this from the command line <pre>adduser hlds</pre> This will make a new user on our server with the username as hlds. You can choose a different username if you so wish, but making it hlds will clearly show what the user account is used for.

#Enter this from the command line: <pre>adduser hlds</pre> This will make a new user on our server with the username as hlds. You can choose a different username if you so wish, but making it hlds will clearly show what the user account is used for.

#A prompt will appear where you can give the user hlds a password. Type the following:<pre>passwd hlds</pre> Of course you can choose a different password if you so desire...

#Type the following:<pre>passwd hlds</pre> A prompt will appear where you can give the user hlds a password.

#Now logout of root and login as hlds.

#Now logout of root and login as hlds.

==Install hldsupdatetool.bin==

==Install hldsupdatetool.bin==

==Feedback?==

==Feedback?==

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