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This is a shell script that will let you run the Source Dedicated Server (SRCDS) from Valve as a service on your Linux machine.

• SRCDS
• Screen (Terminal multiplexer utility. See:GNU Screen)
• Your favorite text editor

1. Create a file namedsrcds in your/etc/init.d directory.
2. Paste the contents of the srcds.sh file from this repository in that file.
3. Replace<newuser> with the user you want to run the service under
4. Adjust thePARAMS string for the game you want to run.
5. Set the file permissions to be executable (chmod a+x /etc/init.d/srcds).

You can manage the service just like any other init.d service. Withstart,restart,stop, andstatus commands.

• Start SRCDS:/etc/init.d/srcds start
• Restart SRCDS:/etc/init.d/srcds restart
• Stop SRCDS:/etc/init.d/srcds stop
• Get SRCDS status:/etc/init.d/srcds status

This was originally created by FreeNerd and posted on hisLinux SRCDS server article.

I have modified at and updated it to suit my needs and have added several fixes provided by others in the discussion from my blog post about running a Team Fortress 2 server.

You can find the discussion here:

http://stevenbenner.com/2010/11/how-to-set-up-a-team-fortress-2-dedicated-server-on-ubuntu/