How to Add Admins to Your Insurgency: Sandstorm Server

Admins are set via the Admins.txt file by adding each player's SteamID64. An admin can then open the admin menu in-game (bound by default to the Minus key on the numpad).

Add an admin

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

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

3. Create the folder
   Go to the folder Insurgency/Config/Server/. If the Config and Server folders do not exist yet, create them.

4. Create Admins.txt
   In this folder, create the file Admins.txt (if it does not already exist).

5. Enter the SteamID64
   Enter the SteamID64 of each admin — one ID per line:

   76561198000000000
   76561198000000001

6. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server. Changes only take effect after a restart (or map change).

Tip

You can create multiple admin lists with different names and choose which one loads via the launch parameter -AdminList=FileName (file name without .txt). This lets you switch quickly between different admin teams, for example.

Note

Make sure the file is named exactly Admins.txt (not Admins.txt.txt — Windows hides known file extensions by default).