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Multi Theft Auto: How to Become an Admin on MTA Servers

Discover how to grant administrator rights for full server control and efficient game management → Learn more now

10 November 20261 min read1 Views0 helpful

Introduction

Granting administrator rights allows you to easily and comprehensively manage your server with full control. As an admin, you can use all available options and features the game offers directly in-game. All the steps you need to give administrator rights to your server are explained here.

Preparation

First, you need to create a user account that will later be assigned admin rights. To do this, run the following command in the Console tab:

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addaccount [options] <PASSWORD>

You can find the console in your game server dashboard under the Console tab while the server is running.

Configuration

After the account is created, it must be added to the admin group in the acl.xml config file. To do this, connect to the server via FTP and open the file. It is located under gXXXX/gtamta/mods/deathmatch/. If you don’t know what an FTP client is or how to use it, check out our guide: FTP File Access

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<group name="Admin">
    <acl name="Moderator"></acl>
    <acl name="SuperModerator"></acl>
    <acl name="Admin"></acl>
    <acl name="RPC"></acl>
    <object name="resource.admin"></object>
    <object name="resource.webadmin"></object>
    <object name="resource.acpanel"></object>
</group>

You need to add a user object to assign the user to the admin group:

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<object name="user.USERNAME"></object>

Replace USERNAME with your own username. The result should look like this:

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<group name="Admin">
    <acl name="Moderator"></acl>
    <acl name="SuperModerator"></acl>
    <acl name="Admin"></acl>
    <acl name="RPC"></acl>
    <object name="resource.admin"></object>
    <object name="resource.webadmin"></object>
    <object name="resource.acpanel"></object>
    <object name="user.Username"></object>
</group>

Logging in as Admin

After you have finished configuring the acl.xml file, you can start your game/server and connect to your server. Then log in with the following command:

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login USERNAME PASSWORD

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Use the command addaccount [options] <PASSWORD> in the Console tab of your game server while it is running.
In the acl.xml file located under gXXXX/gtamta/mods/deathmatch/ (accessible via FTP) — add the entry <object name="user.USERNAME"></object> in the Admin group section.
Use the command login USERNAME PASSWORD after connecting to the server.

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