Steamcmd login failed with error code 3

For fun, I decided to write you a launcher. It is best to run this on a server that’s not had steamcmd installed before (or just remove /home/steam/steamcmd folder and run “userdel steam”)

This will open up the firewall rules on Ubuntu 12.04/14.x for you, install steamcmd, and launch it. If you run this script after installing, it will merely launch the service.

copy/paste this in /root/steam_launch.sh:

#!/bin/bash
if [ ! -f /home/steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh ]; then
# Opening firewall ports
sudo ufw allow proto udp from any to any port 1200,27000:27017,27020
sudo ufw allow proto tcp from any to any port 27015,27020:27041
sudo apt-get install lib32gcc1 wget
adduser -m steam
su steam <<'EOF'
mkdir ~/steamcmd
cd ~/steamcmd
wget http://media.steampowered.com/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
tar -xvzf steamcmd_linux.tar.gz
EOF
echo "Steamcmd is now installed."
else
echo "Starting steamcmd...."
su steam <<'EOF'
cd ~/steamcmd
./steamcmd.sh
EOF
fi

Next, run this:

chmod +x /root/steam_launch.sh

Next, run this to do the install:

/root/steam_launch.sh

Once you see “Steamcmd is now installed.”, re-run the script:

/root/steam_launch.sh

You should see “Starting steamcmd…” and then it should be running.

EDIT* Modified the script to use “if is regular file” rather than “ls”

Huh… so I’ve finally been able to log in and it seems the issue was the fact the server was in the New York data centre… ?

I’ve just recreated the exact same Ubuntu 14.04 64bit server but in the London data centre and it worked as expected first time…

Fun! :D

Thanks again Jons

Hey JonsJava I really appreciate your efforts : D

I changed the script slightly (adduser to useradd) but I am still getting the same.

Once I’ve opened the Steam prompt and attempt to login either anonymously or with a username and password, after a long delay, i get error code 3

A routing issue somewhere maybe? Though I’ve no idea where I would be looking