How to Add an Admin to Your Arma 3 Server

Arma 3 offers two ways to grant admin rights: an admin password that lets any player who knows it log in, and a fixed admin list of SteamID64s that works without a password at all. Both are configured in the server.cfg of your server.

Tip

Here you can find a guide on how to find your SteamID64.

Edit the server.cfg

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard. The server.cfg is only read on server start.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open the server.cfg
   Open the following file in the main directory of your server:

   /server.cfg

4. Set the admin password
   Enter an admin password. Every player who knows this password can log in as admin in the game:

   passwordAdmin = "yourAdminPassword";

   Caution

   Never use the same password for passwordAdmin as for the server password (password). Otherwise every player who joins your server automatically gets admin rights as well.

5. Add fixed admins
   In addition you can grant players permanent admin rights. Add their SteamID64 to the admins[] list – separate multiple IDs with a comma:

   admins[] = {"76561198012345678", "76561198087654321"};

   These players can later log in as admin without a password.

6. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server.

Structure of the entries

passwordAdmin = "yourAdminPassword";
admins[] = {"76561198012345678", "76561198087654321"};
serverCommandPassword = "yourCommandPassword";

Entry	Meaning
passwordAdmin	Password used for the admin login in the game
admins[]	List of SteamID64s that may log in as admin without a password
serverCommandPassword	Separate password for server-side commands issued through serverCommand, independent of the admin password

Note

The admins[] list only takes the SteamID64 – a 17-digit number starting with 7656. Each additional ID is separated by a comma, and every ID is wrapped in quotation marks.

Log in as admin

1. Join the server
   Connect to your server – see Join Server.

2. Open the chat
   Press the / key in the game to open the chat console.

3. Log in
   If you are listed in admins[], this is enough:

   #login

   Otherwise you log in using the admin password:

   #login yourAdminPassword

4. Log out
   The following command ends the admin session again:

   #logout

Admin command overview

All commands are entered in the chat console.

Command	Description
#login or #login <password>	Log in as admin
#logout	End the admin session
#missions	Open the mission selection
#mission <missionName>	Switch directly to the given mission
#restart	Restart the current mission
#reassign	Restart the mission and send all players back to slot selection
#lock	Lock the server – nobody can join anymore
#unlock	Unlock the server again
#kick <name/ID>	Disconnect a player from the server
#exec ban "<name/ID>"	Ban a player – #exec requires quotation marks
#shutdown	Shut the server down

Caution

#shutdown shuts the server down. Whether it starts again automatically depends on your settings – when in doubt, start it again via the dashboard.

Tip

To learn how to remove players from your server and block them permanently, see Kick & Ban Players.