How to become admin on a DayZ server

You want to kick people, send messages and (if you install a mod) spawn items. In DayZ Standalone that is not typing #login in chat. The timeline is: password in the cfg → server creates BattlEye → you configure RCon → connect with an RCon client. Teleport and ESP need Community Online Tools or VPP.

By the end of this guide you have passwordAdmin saved and can open RCon. The commands (players, kick, ban) are in the commands guide.

Order that works

1. passwordAdmin in serverDZ.cfg
2. Start the server once (creates the profiles folder and BattlEye)
3. Edit BEServer_x64.cfg with RConPassword
4. Restart and connect with a BattlEye RCon client
5. (Optional) Install an in-game admin mod

1. passwordAdmin

Stop the server. In C:\DayZServer\serverDZ.cfg:

passwordAdmin = "strong-password-here";

Do not reuse the join password. Save and start.

2. BattlEye RCon

The profile folder is the one from the -profiles= parameter (in the install guide: profiles). After the first start, open profiles\BattlEye\BEServer_x64.cfg. If it does not exist yet, start and stop once.

RConPassword rcon-password-here
RestrictRCon 0

The RCon port is usually the game port + 3 (2305 if the game is 2302). Allow UDP in the Firewall. Connect with a BattlEye RCon client to the machine IP, RCon port and the RConPassword.

3. In-game admin (mod)

For ESP, heal and vehicles in the client, install the mod on the server and on the PC. The Workshop guide covers the folder and -mod=. Without a mod, RCon already handles kick and ban.

How to verify

1. RCon client connects without a password error.
2. players command lists who is online (may be empty if nobody joined).
3. kick a test friend: they drop from the server.

If it failed

• BEServer_x64.cfg does not exist → server never ran with -profiles=; check the start shortcut.
• RCon refuses → wrong password, wrong port or firewall on 2305.
• #login in chat does nothing → that is Arma, not DayZ Standalone.