Managing Bans on a Server

Use the following server admin Console commands to manage bans on your server:

• status - Display a list of all players with each player's SteamID, IP address, and player name
• users - Lists all the players on presently on the server with their server-generated IDs and SteamIDs
• writeid - Writes banned unique id's to the banned.cfg file
• writeip - Writes banned IP addresses to the banned.cfg file

Kick a Player

• kick # uniqueid - Kicks a player where uniqueid is the player's SteamID and # is the number of minutes the player must wait before being able to join the server again
• kick # "playername" - Kicks a player where playername (in quotation marks) is the player's name and # is the number of minutes the player must wait before being able to join the server again

Ban a Player

• listid - Lists the SteamID's in your server's ban list
• banid minutes uniqueid - Bans a player where uniqueid is the SteamID of the player you would like to ban and min is the number of minutes you would like the ban to last (use 0 minutes for a permanent ban)
• banid minutes uniqueid kick - Bans and kicks a player where uniqueid is the SteamID of the player you would like to ban and min is the number of minutes you would like the ban to last (use 0 minutes for a permanent ban)

Ban an IP

• filterban # - Toggles IP bans where # is 0 for "off" and 1 for "on"
• listip - Lists the IP addresses in your server's ban list
• addip min ipaddress - Bans an IP address where ipaddress is the IP address of the user you would like to ban and min is the number of minutes you would like the IP ban to last (use 0 minutes for a permanent IP ban)

Remove a Ban

• removeid uniqueid - Removes a player ban where uniqueid is a banned player's SteamID
• removeip ipaddress - Removes an IP ban where ipaddress is a banned IP address