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How to make a admin on Factorio server

This guide will quickly walk you through how to make an admin on your Factorio server. This will demonstrate two methods, one via the console and the other via files.

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Adding Admin via console.

  1. Log in to the Kinetic Panel.

  2. Start the server.

  3. Open console.

  4. In console put

     /promote username

    Replace username with the username of the player.

  5. Enter the command & the user will be an admin.

Adding Admin via Files

  1. Log in to the Kinetic Panel

  2. Navgaite to file manager.

  3. Open server-adminlist.json

  4. Enter the user's name surrounded by quotes.

  1. Save the file.

  2. Restart the server.

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