BanPlayer

This function will ban the specified player from the server by IP.

Syntax

bool banPlayer ( player bannedPlayer , [ element responsibleElement , string reason ] )         

Required Arguments

• bannedPlayer: The player that will be banned from the server

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.

• responsibleElement: The element that is responsible for banning the player. This can be a player or the root:

  getRootElement()

• reason: The reason the player will be banned from the server

Returns

Returns true if the player was banned succesfully, false if invalid arguments are specified.

Example

This example lets a player ban anyone if he has ACL rights.

--Add the "ban" command handler
function banPlayerCommand ( theClient, commandName, bannedName, reason )

	-- Give the player a nice error if he doesn't have rights
	if ( hasObjectPermissionTo ( theClient, "function.banPlayer" ) ) then
		--Get player element from the name
		local bannedPlayer = getPlayerFromNick ( bannedName )

		--Ban the player
		banPlayer ( bannedPlayer, theClient, reason )
		outputChatBox ( "ban: " .. bannedName .. " successfully banned", theClient )

	else
		outputChatBox ( "ban: You don't have enough permissions", theClient )
	end

end
addCommandHandler ( "ban", banPlayerCommand )

See Also

• addBan
• banPlayer
• getBanAdmin
• getBanIP
• getBanNick
• getBanReason
• getBanSerial
• getBanTime
• getBanUsername
• getBans
• getUnbanTime
• isBan
• kickPlayer
• setBanAdmin
• setBanNick
• setBanReason
• setUnbanTime
• reloadBans
• removeBan