How to Kick and Ban Players on Your Space Station 14 Server

In Space Station 14 you remove players through the in-game console. Bans are stored in the database of your server – you do not have to edit any file.

Note

You need admin rights to use these commands. For bans you additionally need the Ban permission. See Add Admin.

Use commands in the game

1. Open the console
   Press ~ in the game to open the console.

2. Enter a command
   Enter the desired command, for example:

   kick ExamplePlayer

Tip

You can also reach kick, ban, ban list and notes without commands: press F1 to open the ahelp window and use the Kick, Ban, Ban list and Notes buttons there.

Kick a player

kick <PlayerName> [<Reason>]

The player is disconnected from the server but can rejoin at any time. The reason is optional.

Note

kick expects the username of a currently connected player – the command does not accept a user ID.

Ban a player

ban <name or user ID> <reason> [<duration in minutes>]

Example for a 60 minute ban:

ban ExamplePlayer Griefing 60

Important

If you leave out the duration or enter 0, the ban is permanent. This is the most common mistake – specify a duration in minutes if the ban is supposed to expire again.

Tip

It is more convenient through the interface: banpanel opens the ban window, optionally right away for a specific player:

banpanel <name or user ID>

The command only works in the in-game console, not in the server console.

Lift a ban

1. Find the ban ID
   List the bans of a player:

   banlist <name or user ID>

   In the in-game console this opens a window listing all bans of the player together with their ID. In the server console one line per ban is printed instead, consisting of the ID and the reason – for example 12: Griefing.

2. Lift the ban
   Lift the ban using its ID:

   pardon 12

Warning

There is no command called unban in Space Station 14. A ban is always lifted with pardon and the matching ban ID, not with the player name.

Ban a player from a role

Instead of locking a player out completely, you can also ban them from a single job only:

roleban <name or user ID> <job> <reason> [<duration in minutes>]

A role ban is lifted using its own ID:

roleunban <role ban id>

The same rule applies here: no duration or 0 means permanent.

Note

As the job the command expects the internal ID of the role, not its displayed name. The in-game console suggests the valid IDs while you type.

Command overview

Command	Description
kick <PlayerName> [<Reason>]	Disconnect a player from the server
ban <name or user ID> <reason> [<minutes>]	Ban a player, permanent without a duration
banpanel [<name or user ID>]	Open the ban window (in-game only)
banlist <name or user ID>	Show the bans of a player including the ban ID
pardon <ban id>	Lift a ban
roleban <name or user ID> <job> <reason> [<minutes>]	Ban a player from a job
roleunban <role ban id>	Lift a role ban
ban_exemption_update <player> <flag> [<flag> …]	Set exemptions from bans
ban_exemption_get <player>	Show the exemptions that are set

Note

All commands in this table also work in the server console – the only exception is banpanel, which opens a window inside the game and therefore only runs there.

Note

Bans and admin rights live together in the database inside the data folder of your server. Backing up that folder also backs up your ban list – see Create Backup.