How to become 7 Days to Die server admin

7 Days to Die command console

The 7 Days to Die command console requires admin permissions. To run console commands, you need to become a server admin. This guide will show you how to do that in a few simple steps.

Becoming a server admin

  1. Look up your SteamID using a SteamID finder tool
  2. Start your server
  3. Pause your server
  4. Open the Config screen in the app
  5. Edit the ~/.local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves/serveradmin.xml file
  6. Find the section starting with <users> and ending with </users>
  7. Add a new line to that section with the following content: <user platform="Steam" userid="" name="" permission_level="0" />
  8. Put your password between the quotation marks after userid=
  9. Save the file
  10. Unpause your server

Example config file

Here is an example of how your serveradmin.xml file could look like if your SteamID is 76561198067676767:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<adminTools>
  <users>
    <user platform="Steam" userid="76561198067676767" name="" permission_level="0" />
  </users>
  <!-- Other sections -->
</adminTools>