1. If you have a problem and need help, create a new thread with a title that briefly describes the problem.
    Do not use titles like 'Help!' or 'I have a problem!'
    Dismiss Notice
  2. Hey Guest, is it this your first time on the forums?

    Visit the Beginner's Box

    Introduce yourself, read some of the ins and outs of the community, access to useful links and information.

    Dismiss Notice
Creating threads in 'Help' New to the forums?

Linux PuTTY can't authenticate.

Discussion in 'Server Help' started by -Q, Jul 20, 2013.

  1. -Q

    -Q   Donator

    Messages:
    153
    I set up a server on my Linux box for some server-side modding tests. Clients can connect from anywhere inside the network, but I just can't get rcon working reliably: Windows telnet.exe works fine (albeit non-formatted), but PuTTY refuses to send the rcon password correctly - It gets kicked off every time for an incorrect password.

    This is Windows PuTTY trying to rcon to a Debian-hosted dedicated server. Telnet.exe authenticates but doesn't handle newlines correctly, resulting in garbled lines. Firewall is disabled all around.

    I connect to the box through the default port 50301, and I get a blank screen. I carefully type 'abc' then [enter] and am kicked off. Password is `abc` in dedicated_autoconfig.gm.

    On telnet.exe I can type 'abc' and [enter] and I am authenticated. No apostrophes, obviously.

    EDIT: I had a feeling the 'tcp rcon' didn't actually adhere to telnet standards, so I tried the 'raw' setting in PuTTY - It got me through just fine, but I still get mixed up lines. Any good fix for this, or does everyone just live with this garble nonsense?
    argh.png

    EDIT2: Tried debian's telnet and cygwin's implementation of it, both of those have fine formatting. Is this just a problem with PuTTY?
     
    -Q, Jul 20, 2013
    #1