locking server for practices

[Meatshield]

we only have one server, that is usually open for public play. we would like to lock it occasionally for practice, but locking the server through CI doesnt seem to work, as people can still join irrelevant of the password. Does anyone have a method to lock the server for short periods, whether it be through CI, or through a different server.cfg setup? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

[CheF]

rcon sv_privateclients x (max server slots)
rcon sv_privatepassword xxxx
then tell them through console to enter pw or on ts or bla bla
then rcon restart

[Meatshield]

yeah, thats what i ended up doing, then completely restarting the server. i thought that g_password was a server password for all open slots, instead of having to make all slots private.

[Brian]

privatepassword is how you setup private slots

Just use the following

rcon password "xxx"
rcon restart

that should do it for you

to remove the password

rcon password ""
rcon restart