Become a server admin
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(Details may vary with products from different providers but the main concepts remain the same)
Become an admin
To be able to register as admin, the installation of Source- / Metamod is essential.
Furthermore you need the Steam ID of your Steam Account. There are several ways to get this. Either you use an external website that offers such a service or you use the game console.
SteamID via website
First of all, the profile must be called up in Steam and then right-click anywhere in the profile. There you can copy the Steam URL of the profile.
Afterwards, the URL can be specified on one of the following web pages:
Afterwards you will receive the Steam ID in addition to the general account information. There the Steam ID 32 is needed:
steamID32: STEAM_0:1:XXXXXX
SteamID via game console
Start the game and connect to your server. By opening the game console and using the 'status' command there you will get the following output:
] status
Connected to XXX.XXX.XXX.XX:XXXXX
hostname: Server Hosted by ZAP-Hosting.com
version : 1.37.1.1 secure
os : Linux
type : community dedicated
map : en_dust2
players : 1 humans, 0 bots (16/0 max) (not hibernating)
# userid name uniqueid connected ping loss state rate
# 2 1 "Player name" STEAM_1:1:XXXXXXXXX 44:39 30 0 active 196608
#end
Config
Next, connect to the server again via FTP and call the admins.cfg config file. This can be found in the following directory: addons/sourcemod/configs
The file already contains an example of how an admin entry might look like. You can copy this and then enter it as follows:
Admins
{
"Player name"
{
"auth" "steam"
"identity" "STEAM_0:1:XXXXX"
"flags" "abcdef"
}
}
The player name must not match the name of the Steam Account. It is only used for overview purposes within the Config. The entry 'auth' stands for authentication. In this case Steam is fixed, so you don't need to change it. Under identity you enter the SteamID32 of the Steam account. With flags the rights are meant. There are different levels of permissions.
| permission | flag | usage |
|---|---|---|
| reservation | a | |
| generic | b | basics (necessary) |
| kick | c | |
| ban | d | |
| unban | e | |
| slay | f | |
| changemap | g | switching maps |
| cvar | h | Change server values |
| config | i | Running Server Configs |
| chat | j | advanced chat rights |
| vote | k | Admin Votes |
| password | l | |
| rcon | m | RCON commands execute |
| cheats | n | activate sv_cheats from the game |
| root | z | full access |
Depending on which rights are to be assigned, the respective flags can be written one after the other. For example, if you only want to give the rights to kick, you would assign the flags 'b' and 'c'. But if you want to give full access, then only the flag z is sufficient.
Using the Admin Menu
With the command 'admin' in the chat or 'sm_admin' in the console the menu can be called.