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How To Make Yourself Admin On A 7 Days To Die Server

Last updated 08 Jun 2025

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Finding the serveradmin.xml

Your serveradmin.xml will be found in. /.local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves

Note, that you'll need to boot the server atleast once for this file to show.

Making Yourself Admin

To make yourself or another user Admin, look for the <users> section. Here put the userID and the permission level you want to give them.

<user platform="Steam" userid="76561198021925107" name="Hint on who this user is" permission_level="1000" />

Here is an example of what it should look like. In yours make sure to replace the userid with your own.

The permission levels are set by how you have your perms setup. By default, 1000 will give the user access to everything.

Permission Levels

If you would like to find out more about permission levels, please see our guide here Permission Levels

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