How to Become an Admin on Your Multi Theft Auto Server

Multi Theft Auto has a proper account and permission system. You create an account, put it in the Admin group in the access control list, then log in from the game.

Create your account

With the server running, open the Console section in the panel and run:

addaccount yourname yourpassword

The console confirms the account was created.

Put the account in the Admin group

aclgroup add Admin user.yourname

The user. prefix is required. The console confirms the change and writes it to mods/deathmatch/acl.xml, so it survives a restart.

Log in from the game

1. Join the server.
2. Press T to open chat and type:

   /login yourname yourpassword

3. Chat confirms the login.
4. Open the admin panel with:

   /admin

The admin panel comes from the admin resource, which must be started. Check that <resource src="admin" startup="1" is in mtaserver.conf.

What the admin panel gives you

• Player list with kick, ban, mute, freeze and warp.
• Resource management, so you can start, stop and restart a resource without touching the console.
• Server settings and the ban list.
• Admin chat.

Understanding the ACL

mods/deathmatch/acl.xml holds the groups and what each is allowed to do. The important default groups are:

• Console, which the server console itself belongs to.
• Admin, full access.
• Moderator and SuperModerator, cut down sets for staff.
• Everyone, which every player is in. Be careful what you add here.

Edit this file only with the server stopped, since it is written back on shutdown. Malformed XML stops the server from starting, and the console names the line.

If the login fails

• Account names and passwords are case sensitive.
• Run aclgroup list in the console to confirm your account is in Admin.
• If /admin does nothing, the admin resource is not running. Start it from the console with start admin.