Adding Admins (SourceMod)

SourceMod has as very detailed and flexible administration system, and it can be quite daunting to users. To simplify things, there are a number of "flags" which specify generic permissions administrators can have.

Aside from that, there are (currently) two provided ways of storing admins. One via a simplified flat file, and another via a more complex tree-based file.

Note: As of this writing, only steam-based authentication is enabled. admin-auth.smx must be running for authentication to work, and admin-flatfile.smx must be running for admin file parsing to work.

Levels

First, let's quickly run down the provided levels:

Name	Flag	Purpose
reservation	a	Reserved slot access.
generic	b	Generic admin; required for admins.
kick	c	Kick other players.
ban	d	Ban other players.
unban	e	Remove bans.
slay	f	Slay/harm other players.
map	g	Change the map or major gameplay features.
cvar	h	Change most cvars.
config	i	Execute config files.
chat	j	Special chat privileges.
vote	k	Start or create votes.
password	l	Set a password on the server.
rcon	m	Use RCON commands.
cheats	m	Change sv_cheats or use cheating commands.
root	z	Magically enables all flags.

Immunity

There is no immunity flag. Instead, there are three types of immunity:

• Default immunity; immunity from admins who do not have default immunity.
• Global immunity; immunity from admins who do not have global or default immunity.
• Specific immunity; immunity from a specific group (see advanced section).

Simple Admins

The easiest way to add administrators is through configs/admins_simple.ini. This is a flat file which requires two parameters per line: authentication info, and flags.

Three examples are provided:

"STEAM_0:1:16"		"bce"			//kick, ban, slay for this steam ID
"127.0.0.1"		"z"			//all permissions for this ip
"BAILOPAN"		"abc"	"Gab3n"		//name BAILOPAN, password "Gab3n": gets reservation, kick, ban