How to let a friend help run your Rust server

RustUpdated Oct 21, 20264 min read

Invite your friend from Team & Roles, and give them a role with the permissions for what they should do. Playing on the server needs only the address. Running it in the panel needs a role.

Invite someone

Open your server in the panel and click Team & Roles in the left menu. On a desktop you can also use Invite people at the end of the tab row.
Click Invite someone, enter their email address, choose a role and send the invitation.

The steps and the built-in roles are in How to invite friends and give them access.

Which permission a Rust task needs

On the Roles tab you tick permissions in areas such as Control, Files, Backups, Settings and Schedules. For your Rust server:

Task	Permissions it needs
Use the Console, send commands	Control, Use the console
Kick and Ban in a player's row menu, and the Live map	Control, Use the console
Restart the server, or Restart and update now	Control, Restart
Admins and Bans on the Active players card	Use the console, plus Files: Read contents and Create and upload
The Wipe page	Files: Delete
Change the Map rotation on the Wipe page	Files: Delete, plus Settings: Change startup
Back up first on the Wipe page, and Start backup	Backups: Create
Choose the modding framework, change Game Settings	Settings: Change startup
Open the Modding tab and see the plugins list	Any Files permission, for example Browse files
Install or update a plugin	Files: Create and upload
Uninstall a plugin	Files: Delete
Add or edit wipe schedules	Schedules
Edit slots	Settings: Rename server

If a button is missing for your friend, the role does not have the permission for it. Wiping and deleting files are risky: give those only to people you trust.

Make someone admin in the game

A panel role is not the same as being admin in the game. To make a friend an owner or moderator in the game, use Admins on the Active players card: How to become admin on your Rust server.

Good to know

You can require two-factor for everyone you invite, on Team & Roles.
To remove access, open Team & Roles and remove the person.
To see who did what, use Activity: How to see what happened on your server.

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