SOLVED: "You were banned" message

[Skydive (DayZ) 71]

Since I have been running Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 since they were released on many of my servers, naturally I upgraded my DayZ public hive server to it as well.

Since then, every once in a while I have had players report being banned on my server when I have not issued a Admin Ban and they did not receive a Global Ban message.  The message they receive simply comes up in a box in ArmA 2 OA and reads, "You were banned".

Recently, this has been occurring more often and has been a real frustration for myself as well as regular players on my server.  In desperation to eliminate the possibility of having corrupt files, I have reloaded the OS and all of the ArmA 2 files and DayZ server files countless times.  I have also replaced and upgraded the server hardware a number of times now to ensure no failing parts.

 

Still the problem has persisted... until last night / today.

 

Out of curiosity, I wanted to switch the OS back to Server 2008 R2 and see if the problem existed there with ArmA 2 OA possibly having a conflict with some changes in Server 2012 / R2.

 

Sure enough, players that were getting the "You were banned" message are now able to join the server again.

 

This is something I hope the devs will take notice of since it would not surprise me if it has also made it into ArmA 3 and could also be a problem.

 

Okay, this has been my public service announcement for a while. I hope this information will find it's way to others experiencing this problem or are considering using Server 2012 or 2012 R2 for a server platform.

 

[Skydive (DayZ) 71]

Can a moderator please move this thread into the Server Owners and Admins area?  I don't want to see this thread lost in all of the server advertisement spam. 

 

Then you can delete this post.

 

Thank you!

[Skydive (DayZ) 71]

Moderators: This thread can be deleted. I have posted it in the Server Ownders and Admins area so it will not get lost.

 

Thank you!