How to Add an Admin to Your GTA San Andreas Server

SA-MP and open.mp have no admin system based on player IDs. There is no admin file you add an ID to and no permission system with multiple levels. The only built-in administration feature is RCON – whoever knows the RCON password is an admin.

Set the RCON password

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

2. Connect via SFTP
   Connect to your server via SFTP.

3. Open the configuration
   Open the configuration file in the main directory of your server. On open.mp this is config.json, on SA-MP it is server.cfg.

4. Enter the password

   open.mp – config.json:

   {
       "rcon": {
           "password": "your-secure-password"
       }
   }
   

   SA-MP – server.cfg:

   rcon_password your-secure-password
   

5. Start the server
   Save the file and start your server.

Log in as admin in the game

1. Join the server
   Connect to your server as usual. See Join Server.

2. Open the chat
   Press T to open the chat.

3. Log in
   Log in with your RCON password:

   /rcon login your-secure-password
   

4. Use commands
   After logging in you run RCON commands with a leading /rcon:

   /rcon players
   

Useful RCON commands

External remote console

Besides the chat there is the external remote console. It lets you issue RCON commands without being in the game – there the commands are entered without the /rcon prefix.

Whether this external access is active is controlled by two settings:

open.mp – config.json:

{
    "rcon": {
        "enable": true
    }
}

SA-MP – server.cfg:

rcon 1