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Admins, permissions and telnet

Making yourself admin in serveradmin.xml, the useful commands, and using the panel console.

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Become admin

Admins are listed in serveradmin.xml in the save folder (.local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves/serveradmin.xml, created on first start). Add yourself:

<admins>
  <user userid="Steam_76561198000000000" name="You" permission_level="0" />
</admins>

Steam_ plus your 64-bit SteamID. Permission level 0 = everything. Save, restart (or type admin add Steam_765... 0 "You" in the console, which writes the file for you).

Commands

In-game press F1 for the console, or use the panel console (it is connected via telnet, so every command works without being in the game):

  • settime day, settime 14:00
  • give <player> <item> <qty>, giveselfxp 1000
  • teleportplayer <player> <x> <y> <z>, teleport <player> to you
  • kick <player> <reason>, ban add <player> 1 day <reason>
  • say "Restart in 5 minutes": chat message
  • lp: list players; le: list entities
  • saveworld (or sa)
  • shutdown: saves and stops

Permission levels for commands

serveradmin.xml also maps commands to levels (<permissions>), so you can let moderators kick but not give.