How to ban a player in CS 1.6

Arguments

minutesRequired

How long the ban lasts. 0 means permanent.

#userid|steamidRequired

The player's userid from status with a # in front, or their SteamID such as STEAM_0:1:12345678.

kickOptional

Add this word to kick the player immediately.

What it does

Adds a SteamID to the server's ban list. You can name the player by their userid with a # in front, as shown in status, or by their SteamID. Add kick at the end to remove them from the server right away. Bans are held in memory, so run writeid to save permanent bans to banned.cfg or they are lost on restart.

Good to know

• Only permanent bans (0 minutes) are written to banned.cfg by writeid.
• banned.cfg must be run at startup, usually by exec banned.cfg in server.cfg, for saved bans to apply after a restart.
• Players without a valid SteamID (for example on LAN) may all share the same ID, so ban by IP with addip in that case.

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab of the server page; the reply shows right under it. A value set there lasts until the server restarts. To keep it, add the line to cstrike/server.cfg. New to this? Start a CS 1.6 server first.