Following is the output when starting steamcmd:

Redirecting stderr to '/home/naman/.local/share/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
opensslconnection.cpp (1519) : Assertion Failed: unable to load trusted SSL root certificates
[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...opensslconnection.cpp (1519) : Assertion Failed: unable to load trusted SSL root certificates
CreateBoundSocket: ::bind couldn't find an open port between 27060 and 27060
OK.

Trying to login in steamcmd just results in it trying keep trying to login again and agin.

It might be with Fedora but I don't think this is a Fedora based issue. I have Fedora 31 and its fine, the packages should be the same or close for this.

Also the issue with the certs is using apt-get here so Debian is affected with a fix:

For referenced without going to link

$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall ca-certificates

https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/2/1693785669860391247/

@byte1024 I have tried sudo dnf reinstall ca-certificates, but that did not help. I have also tried switching between RPMFusion's and Negativo's steam package. It's possible they broken it in F30, I'll try upgrading to F31 and see if that helps.

EDIT: I have updated to Fedora 31 and it is still not working.

This is the log when running steamcmd under strace. Note the following lines:

lstat64("/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt", {st_mode=S_IFLNK|0777, st_size=22, ...}) = 0
openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

In truth, the file /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt exists:

$ ls -al /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 22 Nov 12 03:25 /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt -> /etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem

However, the file /etc/ssl/ca-bundle.pem doesn't exists. The following fixes this problem:

$ sudo rm /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
$ sudo ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt

This makes the SSL errors go away. However, the client is still not logging in into the Store tab with the following error:

Store/Community web auth request failed: Auth error

Installing RPMFusion's Steam on Fedora 31 fixed the issue, closing...

@namandixit Can you point to how to find the right RPMFusion thing for Fedora32?

@freemin7 Run this command (source):

sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

This issue should probably be re-opened due to this incoming change to Fedora 43: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/dropingOfCertPemFile

Currently in Fedora Rawhide: The Steam client and the bootstrapper cannot connect due to missing certificate bundles. Downgrading the ca-certificates package to 2024.2.69_v8.0.401-5 works around the issue.

I'm not quite sure if this is something that needs to be addressed on Valve's end or if there is some way to work around this via the RPMFusion package

@ProjectSynchro: steamcmd failed for the very same reason on Fedora Rawhide. Thank you for the hint to the root cause!

This issue should definitely be reopened. Or should a new bug be created? Wdyt, @namandixit?

Another workaround besides downgrading ca-certificates is to run update-ca-trust extract --rhbz2387674.

For completeness, the full log for Fedora Rawhide is:

+ ./steamcmd.sh +force_install_dir /home/XYZ/Steam/_games/cs2-ds +login anonymous +app_update 730 validate +quit
WARNING: setlocale('en_US.UTF-8') failed, using locale: 'C'. International characters may not work.
Redirecting stderr to '/home/XYZ/Steam/logs/stderr.txt'
Logging directory: '/home/XYZ/Steam/logs'
Looks like steam didn't shutdown cleanly, scheduling immediate update check
src/common/opensslconnection.cpp (1636) : unable to load trusted SSL root certificates
assert_20250822193024_4.dmp[12]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20250822193024_4.dmp

assert_20250822193024_4.dmp[12]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = no

assert_20250822193024_4.dmp[12]: error: libcurl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

assert_20250822193024_4.dmp[12]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20250822193024_4.dmp'', upload no: ''libcurl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory''

[  0%] Checking for available updates...
[----] Verifying installation...
UpdateUI: skip show logo
Steam Console Client (c) Valve Corporation - version 1747702063
-- type 'quit' to exit --
Loading Steam API...src/common/opensslconnection.cpp (1636) : unable to load trusted SSL root certificates
assert_20250822193024_17.dmp[25]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/assert_20250822193024_17.dmp

assert_20250822193024_17.dmp[25]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = no

assert_20250822193024_17.dmp[25]: error: libcurl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

assert_20250822193024_17.dmp[25]: file ''/tmp/dumps/assert_20250822193024_17.dmp'', upload no: ''libcurl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory''

IPC function call IClientUtils::GetSteamRealm took too long: 90 msec
OK