How to Add an Admin to Your Don’t Starve Together Server

Admins are defined on your server through the adminlist.txt file. That is where you enter the Klei user ID of every player who should receive admin rights.

Find the Klei user ID

There are several ways to find your Klei user ID:

• In game: Click Account in the main menu. The account page opens in your browser and shows your user ID.

• In the browser: Sign in at accounts.klei.com with your Steam account. Your user ID is shown in the account overview.

• Via the console: Press ~ in game and enter the following command:

  TheNet:GetUserID()
  

• For other players: If you already are an admin, this console command lists all players with their user ID:

  c_listallplayers()
  

  The output uses the format [1] (KU_xxxxxxxx) PlayerName <character>.

Add the admin

1. Stop the server
   Stop your server via the dashboard.

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP or use the file browser in the dashboard.

3. Open the cluster folder
   Navigate to the folder that contains the cluster.ini file. That is your cluster folder.

4. Open adminlist.txt
   Open the adminlist.txt file there. If it does not exist yet, create it:

   <cluster folder>/adminlist.txt
   

5. Enter the user IDs
   Add exactly one Klei user ID per line – without commas and without quotation marks:

   KU_xxxxxxxx
   KU_yyyyyyyy
   

6. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server. The server only reloads the adminlist.txt on startup.