Server updates "steam login required?"

[geep 0]

Hi,

I'm having some difficulty with server updates, I have a script to auto update on restarts but I don't want to leave login details in the BE startup bat.

Is there a way to add a steam game token which we are able to create in our steam accounts instead so that steam login details don't have to be used for updating the server via steam cmd?

The server is running on a dedicated machine without steam installed, I guess the updater wants login details to confirm ownership of the game but this can also be done through the game token, just not sure how to make it work.

This is what I'm using.

@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
             SET STEAMlogin="user" "PW" (server updates when I use user/pw but would rather not have that info saved in the bat file) (is it possible to use a game token here instead?)
             SET INSBRANCH=223350
             SET InsPath=path of server installation
             SET STEAMPATH=path of steam cmd installation
:: _________________________________________________________
echo.
echo     Dir: %InsPath%
echo     Branch: %INSBRANCH%
echo.
%STEAMPATH%\steamcmd.exe +login %STEAMLOGIN% +force_install_dir %InsPath% +"app_update %INSBRANCH%" validate +quit
echo .

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[fake 3]

SteamCMD doesn't support the game login tokens as far as I know.

To hide your password you may wanna use third party tools.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Windows_Software.2FScripts

An easy way to hide the password itself in the command line window
is to call a login separate BATCH which contains your login data.

steam_login.bat

@echo off

set STEAM_DIR=C:\PathToSteamCMD
set USER=username
set PASS=password

cd %STEAM_DIR%

steamcmd.exe +login %USER% %PASS% %*

steam_login_anonym.bat

@echo off

set STEAM_DIR=C:\PathToSteamCMD
set USER=anonymous

cd %STEAM_DIR%

steamcmd.exe +login %USER% %*

Inside your game folder you call the steam_login(_anonym).bat to update your server.
The command line will not show your password in plain text.

This doesn't solve your problem but the password isn't visible in the command line anymore! That's all.
 

update_server.bat

@echo off

set STEAM_DIR=C:\PathToSteamLoginBAT
set APP_ID=223350

cd %STEAM_DIR%

steam_login.bat +force_install_dir %~dp0 +app_update %APP_ID% validate +quit

Place the update_server.bat inside your servers root directory.

%~dp0 - is the current working path

Edited July 10, 2019 by fake