Set a password on your Squad server

The join password is the ServerPassword line in Server.cfg. Set it in the Config Editor. Leave it empty for a public server.

In the ArthOS panel

1. Open your server and go to Config Editor.
2. In the group Server list, find Join password. Its help text says: “Players need this to join. Leave it empty for a public server. A licensed server may not have one.”
3. Type the password in the Join password row (box 1), or clear the field to remove it, and choose Save.
4. Restart the server. The game reads Server.cfg at start.

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The Players page shows a Password tag on the How players find it card when a password is set.

Licensed servers

If the server has a licence key, the Join password row is locked. The panel locks it because a licensed server may not have a password. To use a password, remove the key first: on the Players page, choose Remove on the licence card. The server runs unlicensed after its next start and is listed on the Custom tab. See Squad server licence.

By hand

1. Open Files and open SquadGame/ServerConfig/Server.cfg.
2. Set ServerPassword=yourpassword, or leave it as ServerPassword= for none.
3. Save and restart.

If it does not work

• The row is locked. The server has a licence key. See above.
• Players are not asked for a password. Restart the server. The old setting stays until the next start.
• Players join without one after a change. Check you saved, then restart.

More about the game: Squad servers. Players join as described in connect to a Squad server.

Sources: squad.fandom.com: Server Configuration, squad.fandom.com: Server licensing

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