Thanks so much for your answers!
I still have questions though.
I have access to pb\svlogs\00000019.log which is the last log available. For example, if I enter the server I see an entry "new connection" etc etc etc so I know this is the "latest" log file.
I entered "pb_sv_uconlist" in bf2cc and hit the "send console command button" and nothing is seen in this file (I looked at the bottom and the last thing there is:
[12.22.2007 05:18:17] Master Query Sent to (MASTER5.EVENBALANCE.COM) 66.36.231.175
[12.22.2007 05:18:18] Received Master Security Information
I tried some other commands that give responses such as "pb_plist" (I know that gives a response in the BF2 command console and looked up some punkbuster commands and found "pb_sv_badnamelist" which supposedly returns information and none of them caused input into that file either.
Thus at this point my being a complete noob I don't know what else to do. I was hoping that I could get some input back into that file to prove that I had the correct file and that the echo of information was working for something that should be going. I really want to verify that I set up things correctly (thus the pb_sv_uconlist that is suggested).
This is a ranked server so I do not have ftp access and only certain files can be seen by me as set up by our server provider.
I would really appreciate some help as to what I should do next.
Please remember I am a total noob with punkbuster but would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about computers.
Thanks in advance!