:Kick() function not working

[SpySethy]

So I have this code:

commands.serverban = function(sender, arguments)
	local player = findPlayer(arguments[1], sender)
	
	if not table.find(serverBannedPlayers, player.Name) and player.Name ~= "SpySethy" then
		player:Kick("you are banned from this server")
		
		table.insert(serverBannedPlayers, player.Name)
	end
end

and the :Kick() function does not seem to be kicking my friend out of the game. Can anyone help with this?

[weakroblox35]

Well does player even exist in the first place? What’s findPlayer?

[jasper53682 (ElGoblino)]

Where is the script located in your game (ServerScriptService, StarterGui, etc)?

[jasper53682 (ElGoblino)]

Also, as @weakroblox35 pointer out, there isn’t a direct mention to findPlayer, so that is going to be part of your issue. You can try using this update to your script, that finds the player.

commands.serverban = function(sender, arguments)
    local playerName = table.concat(arguments, " ", 1)
    local player = game.Players:FindFirstChild(playerName)

    if player and not table.find(serverBannedPlayers, player.Name) and player.Name ~= "SpySethy" then
        player:Kick("You are banned from this server")
        table.insert(serverBannedPlayers, player.Name)
    elseif not player then
        sender:SendMessage("Player not found.")
    end
end

[SpySethy]

Thats a function I created here it is:

local function findPlayer(name, sender)
	if name == "me" then
		return sender
	else
		for i, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
			if string.lower(player.Name) == name then
				return player
			end
		end
		
		return nil
	end
end

[SpySethy]

Thanks that helped it now bans me from the server.