Incorrect linux SteamCMD work without system environment variable "HOME"

[iTeeLion]

Linux SteamCMD use system environment variable "HOME" to create ".steam" folder in user home directory. Many source engine based servers use .steam folder to link to steamclient.so file and connect to steam. Without env variable steam creates folder "(null)" in it's own directory and game servers can't link steamclient.so file.

Solution:
Need to set env variable "HOME" before initialization steamcmd.
setenv("HOME", "/root", 1);

[et-nik]

Thank you for the report.

Fixed in commit gameap/GDaemon2@2133bb8

[r4sas]

Why we must use root's uid when we providing username which must be used when starting server, SteamCMD?
gameap/GDaemon2@2133bb8#diff-250e0125e3d400733d03e7c7c50b96e1R135 - I think here we must use provided by -u uid/gid, not root's (which used when starting service).
Game servers, SteamCMD will never be able write/read anything from root home directory because they starting under gameap user.

[iTeeLion]

Also need to create symlink from %gameap_steamcmd_dir%/linux32/steamclient.so to %user_home_dir%/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so
https://ibb.co/Bwzrjwc

[et-nik]

@iTeeLion I uploaded your image to github

So that it does not disappear. Many image hostings automatically delete images after a while.

[et-nik]

Should be fixed in new version. I didn't check this. I appreciate if you'll check.

[r4sas]

Nothing changed:

Console initialized.
Using breakpad crash handler
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 10
Forcing breakpad minidump interfaces to load
dlopen failed trying to load:
/root/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so
with error:
/root/.steam/sdk32/steamclient.so: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied
Looking up breakpad interfaces from steamclient

dpkg -l | grep gameap
ii  gameap-daemon                 3.0.0-52                                        amd64        GameAP server management daemon
ii  gameap-starter                1.1.2-51stretch                                 amd64        GameAP Starter (Screen analog)

[r4sas]

Change
https://github.com/gameap/daemon/blob/88671543524ea2c2bce444c5ed8996f98e4231da/src/functions/gsystem.cpp#L151
to
https://github.com/gameap/daemon/blob/88671543524ea2c2bce444c5ed8996f98e4231da/src/functions/gsystem.cpp#L227