How to Add an Admin to Your Rust Server

## Admin Levels in Rust Rust has two admin levels: - **Owner** — Full permissions. Can do everything including adding other admins - **Moderator** — Limited permissions. Can kick, ban, and use basic admin commands, but cannot add other admins or access all server commands ## What You Need To add an admin, you need the player's **Steam64 ID** (a 17-digit number). To find it: 1. Go to steamid.io 2. Enter the player's Steam profile URL 3. Copy the **steamID64** value (e.g., 76561198012345678) ## Adding an Admin via Console Open your server console (in the game panel or via RCON) and run: **To add an owner:** ownerid 76561198012345678 "PlayerName" "Server Owner" server.writecfg **To add a moderator:** moderatorid 76561198012345678 "PlayerName" "Moderator" server.writecfg The server.writecfg command saves the change so it persists after restarts. ## Removing an Admin removeowner 76561198012345678 server.writecfg Or for moderators: removemoderator 76561198012345678 server.writecfg ## Verifying Admin Status To see all current admins, type in the console: auth.adminlist ## Important Notes - The player must **reconnect** to the server for admin permissions to take effect - Admin commands will not work in-game until you have been added as an owner or moderator - Always run server.writecfg after making changes to persist them