Curious error 0x202 of SteamCMD v1658944597

[Jere Alho]

This issue doesn't necessarily have anything to do with this repository. I have also tried posting about this on Steam forums. Posting here just in case this is a more active SteamCMD forum.

The issue: Curious SteamCMD error 0x202

I tried installing Rust dedicated server from within a container made from cm2network/steamcmd:root on two Linux machines. On one of the machines the installation completes successfully but on the other one it fails with error status 0x202. Filesystems, user permissions and issued commands should be identical due to containerization, and both machines have plenty of disk space. What could be causing this discrepancy?

SteamCMD and Docker versions:

Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1658944597
Docker version 20.10.17, build 100c70180f

[Walentin]

Did you execute the steamcmd.sh as user root by any chance? That usually leads to weird behavior like this for me.

EDIT: Also could you drop in the command you executed?

[Jere Alho]

I ran a bash script as steam that ran the steamcmd.sh.

Dockerfile:

FROM cm2network/steamcmd:root

# install dependencies:
# at least sqlite3 seem to be required by `RustDedicated` as of Jul 2022
# TODO: add the rest of the dependencies, if any!
RUN apt-get update; \
    apt-get upgrade -y \
    && apt-get install -y sqlite3

# as of Jul 2022 the base image comes with user `steam`
USER steam
COPY fetch-server-and-start.sh /home/steam/
WORKDIR /home/steam

Commands:

$ docker build --tag rust-server . && docker run -ti rust-server /bin/bash
steam@3a3e34cce070:~$ whoami
steam
steam@3a3e34cce070:~$ bash fetch-server-and-start.sh
Fetching the Rust server with SteamCMD...
...
Connecting anonymously to Steam Public...OK
Waiting for client config...OK
Waiting for user info...OK
 Update state (0x3) reconfiguring, progress: 0.00 (0 / 0)
Error! App '258550' state is 0x202 after update job.
Fetching with SteamCMD done.

where fetch-server-and-start.sh is:

#!/bin/bash

echo "Fetching the Rust server with SteamCMD..."
/home/steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/steam/rust-server +login anonymous +app_update 258550 +quit
echo "Fetching with SteamCMD done."

These exact steps reproduce the issue; works fine on one of my machines but not on the other one.