[GH-ISSUE #3367] [BUG] Valheim server, password quotes being escaped to the password value #2304

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opened 2026-02-27 03:02:07 +03:00 by kerem · 3 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-27 03:02:07 +03:00

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Originally created by @coolapso on GitHub (Mar 14, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/3367

User Story

After installing and starting vhserver, getting invalid password while joining the gameserver

Basic info

Distro: [Debian 10]
Game: [Valheim]
Command: [start]
LinuxGSM version: [v21.2.0]

Further Information

Latest linuxgsm update introduced bug on valheim server start parameters, as quotes are being escaped to the command itself making them part of the password and servername itself!

If a password is for example 123456 to join a server one would need to do "123456" as password input inside the game.

Believe this is the commit introducing the bug: github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM@8db3b6d487

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

Install vhserver
set server password on $HOME/lgsm/config-lgsm/vhserver/vhserver.cfg as per documentation

vhserver@vh-test0:~/lgsm/config-lgsm/vhserver$ cat vhserver.cfg 
##################################
####### Instance Settings ########
##################################
# PLACE INSTANCE SETTINGS HERE
## These settings will apply to a specific instance.
serverpassword="123456"

Expected behaviour

Password to join the game should be the exat value: examplepassword and not "examplepassword"

Further testing

By tested removing the quotes from vhserver.cfg, stoped and started the server again, and it has no effect.

Follow up questions

How come this was not detected before release?
Is there anything i can do to help this things from happening?
(I haven't really searched for this one) Is there any way to lock to a specific version of lgsm?

Originally created by @coolapso on GitHub (Mar 14, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/issues/3367 ## User Story After installing and starting vhserver, getting invalid password while joining the gameserver ## Basic info * **Distro:** [Debian 10] * **Game:** [Valheim] * **Command:** [start] * **LinuxGSM version:** [v21.2.0] ## Further Information Latest linuxgsm update introduced bug on valheim server start parameters, as quotes are being escaped to the command itself making them part of the password and servername itself! If a password is for example 123456 to join a server one would need to do "123456" as password input inside the game. Believe this is the commit introducing the bug: https://github.com/GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM/commit/8db3b6d48740817eec2c337f6e579c9064ec9e74 ## To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behaviour: 1. Install vhserver 2. set server password on `$HOME/lgsm/config-lgsm/vhserver/vhserver.cfg` as per documentation ``` vhserver@vh-test0:~/lgsm/config-lgsm/vhserver$ cat vhserver.cfg ################################## ####### Instance Settings ######## ################################## # PLACE INSTANCE SETTINGS HERE ## These settings will apply to a specific instance. serverpassword="123456" ``` ## Expected behaviour Password to join the game should be the exat value: `examplepassword` and not `"examplepassword"` ## Further testing By tested removing the quotes from `vhserver.cfg`, stoped and started the server again, and it has no effect. ## Follow up questions How come this was not detected before release? Is there anything i can do to help this things from happening? (I haven't really searched for this one) Is there any way to lock to a specific version of lgsm?

kerem

2026-02-27 03:02:07 +03:00

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kerem commented

2026-02-27 03:02:08 +03:00

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@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2021):

Proper fix is to single quote the variable, not the call to the variable.
Quoted commit shall be reversed, and config file should be updated with single quotes.

@UltimateByte commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2021): Proper fix is to single quote the variable, not the call to the variable. Quoted commit shall be reversed, and config file should be updated with single quotes.

kerem commented

2026-02-27 03:02:08 +03:00

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@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2021):

This is going to be a hotfix

@dgibbs64 commented on GitHub (Mar 14, 2021): This is going to be a hotfix

kerem commented

2026-02-27 03:02:08 +03:00

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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2022):

This issue has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.

@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 15, 2022): This issue has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs.