diff -r d95d696a82e5 -r 8f8e05c8684e core/AdminCache.cpp
--- a/core/AdminCache.cpp	Mon Nov 24 09:41:46 2008 -0600
+++ b/core/AdminCache.cpp	Tue Nov 25 19:10:52 2008 +1300
@@ -1182,6 +1182,12 @@
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	/* If the id was a steam id strip off the STEAM_*: part */
+	if (strcmp(auth, "steam") == 0 && strncmp(ident, "STEAM_", 6) == 0)
+	{
+		ident += 8;
+	}
+
 	if (sm_trie_retrieve(pTable, ident, NULL))
 	{
 		return false;
@@ -1204,6 +1210,12 @@
 		return INVALID_ADMIN_ID;
 	}
 
+	/* If the id was a steam id strip off the STEAM_*: part */
+	if (strcmp(auth, "steam") == 0 && strncmp(identity, "STEAM_", 6) == 0)
+	{
+		identity += 8;
+	}
+
 	void *object;
 	if (!sm_trie_retrieve(pTable, identity, &object))
 	{