what is this for kind of error?

[ralph]

Hi there again,
Sometimes when a player connects to 1 of my servers,the console diplays this error:   (?)

Not authorizing client due to lack of auth server

What is ,or what is causing this?
Is it a setting in my server.cfg or a client setting?
sv_master is dpmaster.deathmask.net,so it sends heartbeat to the masterserver.
Its the only masterserver it heartbeats to,all q3 masterservers i know are removed from the server.cfg
Ive never seen this in 5 years when running dedicated q3 servers.
so tell me , im realy curious what it is

[fromhell]

If we had a real auth server then no one would be able to join since no one has a CD key to auth with!

[skankychicken]

conflict of the server hostname vs IP maybe?

+set net_ip "?.?.?.?" - try adding your IP as a start up option. 

If your running nghost mod try turn these off

g_authenticateClient_strict
g_authenticateClient

[skankychicken]

If we had a real auth server then no one would be able to join since no one has a CD key to auth with!

so.. possibly hes copied some server config somewhere and got some sv_auth* setting there?

[ralph]

If we had a real auth server then no one would be able to join since no one has a CD key to auth with!

LOL ok i get that one but its not by every player that connects!!!
then it should be the same for everyone ,and it isnt

[skankychicken]

You could have mentioned if your running a mod or what, but you didn't.

Just search for auth or Auth in the config. Remember and restart the game. I know thats noobish, but I make the same mistakes all the time

[ralph]

Yea i know that 1

problem solved
thx to all

[skankychicken]

What is ,or what is causing this?
Is it a setting in my server.cfg or a client setting?
sv_master is dpmaster.deathmask.net,so it sends heartbeat to the masterserver.
Its the only masterserver it heartbeats to,all q3 masterservers i know are removed from the server.cfg
Ive never seen this in 5 years when running dedicated q3 servers.
so tell me , im realy curious what it is

I think it also helps to be less curious with the stuff that your not told about. I didn't get this problem, but I made a suggestion that the dpmaster guy do something to filter the responses for the version problem.  I think dpmaster may just be some filtering system for all OA servers and the ingame browser uses that list. Who knows, that message maybe returned from one of the q3 master servers. But.. it's Saturday night and your problem is gone. Who cares

[ralph]

What is ,or what is causing this?
Is it a setting in my server.cfg or a client setting?
sv_master is dpmaster.deathmask.net,so it sends heartbeat to the masterserver.
Its the only masterserver it heartbeats to,all q3 masterservers i know are removed from the server.cfg
Ive never seen this in 5 years when running dedicated q3 servers.
so tell me , im realy curious what it is

I think it also helps to be less curious with the stuff that your not told about. I didn't get this problem, but I made a suggestion that the dpmaster guy do something to filter the responses for the version problem.  I think dpmaster may just be some filtering system for all OA servers and the ingame browser uses that list. Who knows, that message maybe returned from one of the q3 master servers. But.. it's Saturday night and your problem is gone. Who cares

Hey
I want to know everything

[jackmcbarn]

I'm hitting this with every client that connects and can't fix it.  The only word "auth" in my config is:
seta sv_strictAuth "1"

Changing it to 0 didn't fix it either.

[Cacatoes]

Do you run a mod ? Do you have some specific file with particular settings on your server ?
Check on .cfg files of your mod if you use one.

[jackmcbarn]

I don't run any mods.

EDIT: Another oddity.  It works fine on my LAN, it just breaks when I use it through NAT.