How to Add an Admin to Your Soldat Server

Admin rights on a Soldat server work through two mechanisms: an admin password that any player can log in with inside the game, and a permanent admin list that stores IP addresses.

Note

Soldat identifies admins by their IP address, not by a Steam ID or a player UUID. For the permanent admin list you therefore need the IP address of the player in question.

Two server versions

There are two Soldat server versions with different configuration files. You can tell which one you are running from the file manager or via SFTP:

File in the main directory	Version
soldat.ini and server.ini	classic Soldat server
configs/server.cfg	OpenSoldat

This guide covers both variants.

Set the admin password

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

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

3. Open the configuration
   Classic server: open soldat.ini and go to the [NETWORK] section.

   OpenSoldat: open the file configs/server.cfg.

4. Enter the password
   Classic server:

   Admin_Password=YourAdminPassword

   OpenSoldat:

   set sv_adminpassword YourAdminPassword

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

Important

On the classic Soldat server Admin_Password is mandatory: if it is empty, the server will refuse to start. The password is also case sensitive.

Warning

The admin password is not the game password. The game password (Game_Password or sv_password) only controls who may join the server at all. Anyone who knows the admin password has full control over your server – only share it with people you trust.

Log in as admin in the game

1. Join the server
   Connect to your server. See Join Server for how to do that.

2. Open the chat
   Open the chat in the game.

3. Log in
   Enter the following command with your admin password:

   /adminlog YourAdminPassword

   Example:

   /adminlog Rxz12F

4. Use the commands
   The admin commands are then available in the chat – all of them start with a /.

Note

Logging in with /adminlog only applies to the current session. After reconnecting you have to log in again. Anyone who should be a permanent admin belongs in the admin list.

Permanent admins through the admin list

Permanent admins are managed in the file remote.txt in the main directory of your server. It holds one IP address per line, optionally followed by a comment.

Add an admin in the game

1. Log in as admin
   Log in with /adminlog as described above.

2. Add the player
   Enter the following command in the chat with the player's name:

   /adm <PlayerName>

   The server looks up the player's IP address itself and writes it into remote.txt.

   If you already know the IP address, you can add it directly – the player does not have to be on the server for that:

   /admip <IP address>

Add an admin through the file

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

2. Open remote.txt
   Open the file remote.txt in the main directory of your server via SFTP. If it does not exist yet, create it.

3. Enter the IP addresses
   Enter one IPv4 address per line. You can add a comment behind it:

   127.0.0.1 [!] Host
   24.232.167.2 [!] Another entry

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

Remove an admin

/unadm <IP address>

Note

The documentation also mentions /deadm for the same purpose. If one of the two variants does not work on your server, try the other one – or simply delete the matching line from remote.txt. Editing the file always works.

Remote admin console

Soldat comes with a remote admin console that lets you run the same commands from outside the game. It runs over TCP on the same port as the game – that is, your Game Port.

Setting (classic, server.ini)	Setting (OpenSoldat)	Purpose
MaxAdminConnections	net_maxadminconnections	Maximum number of simultaneous admin connections
–	net_adminip	IP address the admin port is bound to
–	net_rcon_limit / net_rcon_burst	Rate limit for connection attempts per second

Important

Without an admin password nobody can log in to the remote console. The other way round: anyone who knows your admin password can control your server completely – choose a long, unique password and use the console in your dashboard when in doubt.

Restrict admins

Locked mode prevents logged-in admins from using certain commands.

Server version	How to enable	Effect
classic server	Launch parameter -lock 1	Admins can no longer use /loadcon, /password and /maxplayers
OpenSoldat	set sv_lockedmode 1 in configs/server.cfg	Admins can no longer use /loadcon

Note

You cannot change the launch parameters of the server yourself. If you want to use locked mode on the classic server, contact support.

Important admin commands

Command	Description
/adminlog <password>	Log in as admin
/adm <PlayerName>	Add a player to the admin list permanently
/admip <IP address>	Add an IP address to the admin list permanently
/unadm <IP address>	Remove an entry from the admin list
/map <MapName>	Switch to a specific map
/nextmap	Switch to the next map in the rotation
/restart	Restart the round
/gamemode 0-6	Change the game mode
/friendlyfire 0/1	Turn friendly fire off or on
/respawntime <seconds>	Set the respawn time
/say <text>	Send a message to all players
/addbot <BotName>	Add a bot
/addbot<team ID> <BotName>	Add a bot to a specific team, e.g. /addbot2 Terminator

Game modes

0 Deathmatch, 1 Pointmatch, 2 Teammatch, 3 Capture the Flag, 4 Rambomatch, 5 Infiltration, 6 Hold the Flag

Note

The team ID is attached directly to the command, so there is no space in between. The bot name is the bot's file name without path and extension and is case sensitive.

Warning

/gamemode, /friendlyfire and /respawntime only exist on the classic server. On OpenSoldat you set these values through the matching options in configs/server.cfg instead, for example sv_gamemode or sv_friendlyfire.

Tip

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