How to Manually Add a Ban to the Admin/BanList.txt??

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How to Manually Add a Ban to the Admin/BanList.txt??

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I have made countless attempts to manually add known hackers/cheaters to our ProCon Ban list and after hitting the "Ban" button they NEVER show up on the list. As a matter of fact, we have three pages of known hackers/cheaters and not a single one of them are showing up on the Admin/BanList.txt file.

I would like to manually add each one to the Admin/BanList.txt file but I need to know the proper format. I have searched and searched but found nothing.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: How to Manually Add a Ban to the Admin/BanList.txt??

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If you'd like to try to add a ban to the file by hand, it uses the following format:

The first line specifies what the ban is on:
  • guid – ban on EA GUID
  • name – ban on soldier name
  • ip – ban on game client IP address
The second line specifies the GUID/name/IP that the ban applies to
The third line specifies the duration of the ban:
  • perm – permanent
  • round – until the end of the current round
  • seconds – until the given time is reached
The fourth line contains the timestamp for a “seconds”‐type ban; otherwise it is unused.
The fifth line contains the reason for being banned. Max length 80 characters.

An example might look like:

Code: Select all

guid
EA_F2779192FC6565C739B76F626F187GEE
perm
0
0
Hacking - Permanent
If you're adding bans using an external RCON client, try issuing the following command:

banlist.save

This should write the banlist to file. All bans are stored in memory by the server while the server is online, it only reads from file at startup, or if the banlist.load command is used while the server is running.

More information about the banlist and other ban commands can be found in the official BF4 server/client documentation, linked here: http://eaassets-a.akamaihd.net/dice-gam ... trator.zip
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Re: How to Manually Add a Ban to the Admin/BanList.txt??

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Thank you for your help! I have an additional question, if you wouldn't mind.
If I wanted to include the players name, IP, PB GUID and Reason for Ban, how would it be formatted? I've made several attempts but nothing but this:

This is just an example. My intent is to show the question marks in the NAME and IP columns.
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Re: How to Manually Add a Ban to the Admin/BanList.txt??

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Bans could only be done by GUID, Name, or IP. The banlist.txt file doesn't support adding all 3 to a single ban. You could add 3 bans, each using a different type, if you wanted.

Banning by GUID is the most effective, as it's tied to their EA account. Name and IP could both be changed, allowing the player to rejoin the server.
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@Spray,
Thank you for your help!
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