DayZ: Whitelist
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(Details may vary with products from different providers but the main concepts remain the same)
Introduction
A whitelist is an access list that restricts who can join your server. DayZ provides a built in whitelist mode that you can enable and then toggle per player.
Activating the Whitelist
Connect to your server via FTP and open the main configuration file serverDZ.cfg. Locate the whitelist setting and enable it.
enableWhitelist = 1;
Next, locate or create the whitelist file that your host exposes, commonly named whitelist.txt and placed alongside your server configuration files. Add one SteamID64 per line.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Save all files and restart the server so the whitelist is applied.
Managing Whitelisted Players
To add a player, append their SteamID64 to whitelist.txt, save, and restart the server. To remove a player, delete their line from whitelist.txt, save, and restart the server.
Keep the file clean with one ID per line. Comments are not universally supported, so avoid extra text on the same line unless you have confirmed your server accepts it.
Verifying Whitelist Functionality
After the restart, attempt to connect with an account that is not listed in whitelist.txt. Access should be denied. Then connect with a listed account to confirm it succeeds.
If listed players cannot join, verify you used SteamID64 values and that the server is loading the same whitelist.txt you edited.
Conclusion
If all sections above were followed correctly, your whitelist is now active and you can control exactly who is allowed to join the server. If access still does not work as expected, restart the server once and recheck the file or command output to confirm the change was applied.
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