How to Add an Admin to Your Kerbal Space Program Server

A DarkMultiPlayer server manages its admins through the file Config/admins.txt. What you enter there is the DMP player name – not a SteamID64 or any other ID. On the server the name is uniquely tied to the player's key.

Important

A player can only be made an admin once they have connected to the server at least once. Before that the server does not know the name and reports '<name>' does not exist.

Add an admin via the console

The quickest way is the console in your dashboard. The server applies the change immediately, no restart required.

1. Open the dashboard
   Open the dashboard of your server and switch to the console.

2. Add the admin
   Enter the following command and replace the placeholder with the player name:

   /admin add Jebediah

3. Check the result
   Display the current list:

   /admin show

Command overview

Command	Description
/admin add <player name>	Make a player an admin
/admin del <player name>	Revoke admin rights
/admin show	Show all admins

Add an admin via the file

Alternatively you can enter the name directly into the file – for example when adding several admins at once.

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

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

3. Open admins.txt
   Open the following file. If it does not exist yet, create it:

   /Config/admins.txt

4. Enter the player names
   Enter exactly one player name per line:

   Jebediah
   Valentina

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

Warning

Only edit the file while the server is stopped. The server keeps the admin list in memory and rewrites the whole file on every change – edits made during operation are lost.

What admin rights do

Right	Description
Console channel	Only admins see the additional channel #Server in the DMP chat.
Server commands in game	Through that channel you can run all server commands directly from the game, for example kicking or banning players.
Upload a modpack	Only admins may upload a modpack with /upload, see Add Mods.

Note

Admin rights do not grant special access to other players' vessels and no special rights for time warp. DarkMultiPlayer handles those areas through its own permissions and the configured Warp Mode.

Use commands in the game

1. Open the chat
   Open the DMP chat window in the game.

   Note

   By default the chat opens with the key to the left of the 1. You can change which key that is in the DMP window under Options → Keys at Chat.

2. Switch the channel
   Switch to the channel #Server. It is only visible to admins.

   Note

   If the channel has a different name on your server, that comes from the value consoleIdentifier in the file /Config/Settings.txt. By default it is Server.

3. Enter a command
   In this channel you enter commands without a leading slash:

   kick Jebediah

   Warning

   In the console of your dashboard it is the other way around: there commands need the leading slash, otherwise your input is sent as a chat message to all players.

Tip

To learn how to remove players from your server as an admin, see Kick & Ban Players.