Arma Reforger server admin commands and how to use them

To use admin commands on an Arma Reforger server, join it, open the in-game chat and type #login with the admin password. If your ID is in the server’s admins list, #login needs no password. After that you can kick, ban, restart and shut down.

In a hurry: #kick <playerId> removes someone now, and #ban create <id> <seconds> keeps them out. #players gives the playerId.

Log in

Make sure the server has an admin password, or that your identity ID is in the admins list. See add admins.
In game, open chat and type #login <password>. A listed admin types only #login.
Type #roles to check what you hold. Type #logout to leave.

Bohemia names three kinds of in-game admin:

The host: the player who started the server from inside the game, on PC only. A rented server has none.
A logged-in admin: a player who typed #login.
A voted-in admin: a player the others voted for.

The commands

These are from Bohemia’s Server Management page.

Command	What it does	Who can use it
`#kick <playerId>`	Removes a player. They can rejoin	A logged-in admin, or RCON with `admin`
`#ban create <id> <seconds> [reason]`	Bans for a time. 0 is forever	A logged-in admin, or RCON with `admin`
`#ban remove <identityId>`	Lifts a ban	A logged-in admin, or RCON with `admin`
`#ban list [page]`	Lists bans as `BanID ; Player UID ; Duration`	A logged-in admin, or RCON with `admin`
`#players`	Lists players and their `playerId`	Everyone
`#login`	Log in as admin	Any player
`#logout`	Leave admin	A logged-in or voted-in admin
`#roles`	Lists your server roles	Any player
`#id`	Gives your own id	Any player
`#restart`	Restarts the running scenario. Players stay connected	A logged-in admin, or RCON with `admin`
`#shutdown`	Shuts the server down and disconnects everyone	A logged-in admin, or RCON with `admin`

#ban works only on a dedicated server, which is what you rent. Details and examples are in ban and kick players.

In the ArthOS panel

The panel does not run these commands for you, but it covers the work around them.

Config Editor: the Admin password and Admins fields, and the Remote console group for the RCON password.
Admin Tools: with the Server Admin Tools mod in your mod list, this tab shows players online by side with kills and deaths, lets you keep admin, Game Master and ban lists, write a join message, and send system messages to chat, repeated or at set times.
Console and Crashes: read what the server is doing and why a start failed.
Settings: schedules for restarts, and backups.

The Admin Tools tab with players online, the Admins list and the Bans list — Players online by side
Admins made on join
Bans

Kicking, and the in-game #restart and #shutdown, need the game or RCON. The panel has no Kick button on Reforger; its Restart button restarts the whole server.

By hand

Everything above works without a panel. Set game.passwordAdmin and game.admins in config.json, restart, join and type #login. To run commands from outside the game, set up the RCON block. See the RCON guide.

If it does not work

#login is refused. The password must match passwordAdmin exactly and cannot contain spaces. Restart the server after changing it.
#kick or #ban answers nothing. You are not logged in, or the id is wrong. Run #players and use the number it gives now. That number changes each session.
A ban by playerId fails. The player must still be connected. Use the identity ID otherwise.
You are not on the admin list. Check your identity ID is in admins and the server was restarted. See find a player’s ID.

More about the game: Arma Reforger servers.

Sources: Bohemia wiki: Server Management, Bohemia wiki: Server Config, reforger.armaplatform.com: News

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