Steam not enabled- dedi server linux deb 8

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Ok... ports fowarded, firewalls off/ setup right/ temp disabled.  I have an understanding of networking, and fowarded a bunch of ports through my openwrt router.   I CAN connect to the server with the -nosteam option.

 

Is there any way to have a steam-enabled server from the command line with no x manager in linux? I install the game through steamcmd, logged in as my own steam name. but when i run it, with the server-start.sh script(the dedi server script in all the tutorials is not the current lnux versions.      WHen i start the server, it says steam not enabled. at the beginning of the log it says,

 

1492841338781 Loading RakNet64...
1492841338783 Loading ZNetNoSteam64...
1492841338785 znet: ZNet loaded
1492841338785 SteamUtils started without Steam
1492841338831 translator: language is EN

 

later it says 
*** SERVER STARTED ****
*** Steam is not enabled
server is listening on port 16261
1492841351204 LuaNet: Initializing...
1492841351204 LuaNet: Registering server listener...

 

 

it seems there is no way to run a steam server from the command line. only posts i find in hours of looking are people in steam liek , just use the host button, why woiuld you ever do it the other way type dismissive answers.

 

I am spare memory and cores on a computer that already on with bandwidth to spare....i might as well run a server...

ok last details i may have forgot, i been at this awhile.  

 

I want steam so its easy to share a list of mods for my lazy friends that wont drag a mod folder in and mark -nosteam. no crap but its my playerbase .  I could run the this no steam, is there anyway to automate mods outside of steam?  besides a batch file and the mods in a zip file i give em?

 

 

thanks for your time

 

 

 so basically the question is..am i right? no steam enabled for dedicated servers? or can steam not communicate to log in or somethjing? everyuthing in steamcmd works great.