Read players steamid from the ban list

[warhammer]

I want to create/put it in a lua file that reads the ban list and if it has a spercific steamid on the list it will unban it and perhaps run it on a timer to check every 5 seconds
i know i will need to read it by something like

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local input = ULib.fileRead( "data/ulib/bans.txt" )

but im not sure where to go.
any help appreciated.

[iViscosity]

http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/file/Read Check this out. I can't help too much at the moment but probably later.

[Bytewave]

That seems a bit malicious, but...

I pulled this snipped straight from ulib/server/player.lua. It's only a snippet, and would have to be used in the context of a function, but it checks if a SteamID is banned and, if it is, does nothing, otherwise it will continue with any lines following it.

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1. local banData = ULib.bans[ steamid ]
2. if not banData then return end -- Not banned

[roastchicken]

I cannot think of any use case for this that isn't malicious or at least misguided.

[Bytewave]

I cannot think of any use case for this that isn't malicious or at least misguided.

Keeping the owner of the server unbanned, maybe?

[JamminR]

Actually, I was fine with the question, right up until the point 'run on a timer every 5 seconds'.
It then seems like a malicious injection attempt, like many exploits that fill a console with constant unban requests of the script kiddie.
Otherwise, I could see it becoming some custom integration with ULib (or ULX), but not using ULib/ulx (un)ban functions.
SQL mods perhaps.

[roastchicken]

Keeping the owner of the server unbanned, maybe?

I would consider that misguided. You shouldn't rely on yourself being unbanned due to a Lua script. I also wonder why they couldn't just unban themselves via console.

[Caustic Soda-Senpai]

I also wonder why they couldn't just unban themselves via console.

My thoughts exactly.