How to Add an Admin to Your s&box Server

On an s&box server you grant admin rights through the file users.json. What you enter is the player's SteamID64 – a 17-digit number starting with 7656.

Add an admin

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

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

3. Open users.json
   Open the following file. If it does not exist yet, create it:

   /config/users.json
   

4. Add the player
   The file contains a list of players. Enter the SteamID64 and the permissions you want to grant:

   [
     {
       "SteamId": "76561198012345678",
       "Claims": [ "admin" ],
       "Name": "Example player"
     }
   ]
   

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

Structure of the file

Additional admins are added as further entries in the same list, separated by a comma:

[
  {
    "SteamId": "76561198012345678",
    "Claims": [ "admin" ],
    "Name": "Player 1"
  },
  {
    "SteamId": "76561198087654321",
    "Claims": [ "admin" ],
    "Name": "Player 2"
  }
]

Which claims are there?

The entries under Claims are free-form text values. Which of them actually do anything is decided by the game mode running on your server.

Changes while the server is running

The server watches the file users.json and applies changes to it without a restart.