Admin crashing on server join

[sharky700]

I didn't think this belonged in the bug report section since its most likely not due to the server's ULX, and I searched quite a bit for a similar topic.
Running a Garry's Mod server, and one of my server's admins crashes the server every time he joins, somehow. Its completely unintended, and I know by testing that its a conflict with ULX/ULib. He specifically has this problem with servers that have him added as a ULX admin.
As I've come to understand, this is most likely a problem with ULX/ULib files on his computer, since it happens across more than one server.
Since then, he has completely uninstalled and reinstalled Garry's Mod, and I've uninstalled and reinstalled the updated SVN versions of both ULX and ULib, and it still doesn't work.
I've narrowed the problem down to something clientside, but I don't know what it could be, if someone could point me in the right direction that would be great.

[Stickly Man!]

Hmm, I hate trying to debug things like this  lol

Are you saying that on your server, if you did a ulx removeuserid on his steamID, then he joins, he would be able to join successfully? What happens when you give him access while/if he's in the server?

Yes, this sounds like an obvious client issue-- How does he "uninstall and reinstall" garrysmod? Perhaps you could make sure he does the following steps exactly to make sure he did it properly:
1) Close gmod (obviously)
2) Verifies his gmod game cache/integrity/steam stuff- whatever it's called
3) Renames, moves, or deletes his \steamapps\<username>\garrysmod\ folder.
4) Runs gmod, lets it regenerate the garrysmod folder and put all of the default files in.
5) Join any server using ULX/ULib (before installing any addons or moving any config/data files back to his new gmod folder)

If THAT doesn't work, then let me know-- It could be something on the server (??) preventing his join. I can set up a vanilla server with just the ULX/ULib svn installed, and he can try joining with the fresh version of gmod installed described above.

[JamminR]

Sharky, when you say 'reinstalled' for your server... did you start with fresh gmod/data/ulib users and groups files?
What is his username, including all ascii characters (attach your not-new /data/ulib/groups and users.txt files if you still have them)
I'd be curious to know if yet another non-standard ascii bug has crept back into the field of view.
Either due to him being added as an admin before latest versions, or *crosses fingers its former* due to our ascii filter still not accounting for yet another series of ascii that has snuck in.

Before server crashes, any logs/errors indicating whats going on?

[krooks]

Maybe try removing him from the admin group? Just to trouble shoot a little bit more before you take the time to reinstall everything?
*edit* it looks like you already might have tried this.

[sharky700]

Its not an acii problem, all normal letters in their name. Although I haven't tried these aforementioned options, and I kind of feel silly for not thinking about it earlier. I suppose in my haste to allow him to join again, I overlooked quite a few obvious possible solutions. I'll update the post if I still can't resolve the issue after trying these.