Icarus doesn't use a list of admin Steam IDs like some survival games. Instead, the whole server shares a single admin password, and anyone who knows it can log themselves in as an administrator for that session. This guide covers setting that password and using it to become an admin in-game.
⚠️ Important Warning:
Anyone who has the admin password can log in as admin, there's no separate step to approve individual players. Only share it with people you trust, and treat it like any other shared secret.
Step 1: Set Your Admin Password
- Log into your MintServers panel and click Stop to shut down your server.
- Go to the Files tab in the left-hand sidebar and use the file manager to navigate to the config file:
📁 server (your server's root directory)
📁 Saved
📁 Config
📁 WindowsServer
📄 ServerSettings.ini (Click to edit this file) - Find the
AdminPasswordline and set it to a password of your choice.
- Save the file and Start your server for the change to take effect.
📌 Note:
If you leave
AdminPassword blank, anyone can log in as admin with no password at all, effectively leaving the server wide open. Always set a real password before inviting anyone else to join.
Step 2: Log In as Admin In-Game
- Join your Icarus server as you normally would.
- Press Enter to open the chat box.
- Type
/AdminLogin YourSecurePasswordHere, using the password you set in Step 1, and press Enter. - You'll see a Login Successful message in chat once it goes through.
💡 Pro Tip:
Admin status only lasts for your current session, you'll need to run
/AdminLogin again each time you reconnect. If a trusted player leaves your group on bad terms, change the password in ServerSettings.ini and restart the server to revoke their access.
What Admins Can Do
Once logged in, admins get access to the following commands, typed into chat the same way:
/KickPlayer [SteamID or Name] [Reason]— Disconnects a player. They're free to rejoin afterward./BanPlayer [SteamID or Name] [Reason]— Kicks a player and blocks them from rejoining./UnbanPlayer [SteamID or Name]— Removes a player from the ban list./ReturnToLobby— Kicks everyone currently connected and returns the server to the lobby./ReturnToLobbyWhenEmpty— Returns the server to the lobby automatically as soon as it empties out./AdminSay [Message]— Broadcasts a message to every player on the server.
For the full breakdown of these commands along with the rest of your server's configuration options, see our guide on configuring your Icarus server.
🛠️ Troubleshooting
/AdminLogin isn't working:Double-check you're typing the password exactly as it appears inServerSettings.ini, including capitalization.Admin commands stopped working after reconnecting:This is expected, admin status doesn't carry over between sessions. Run/AdminLoginagain after joining.- Changed the password but it's not taking effect: make sure the server was fully stopped before you edited the file, and that you restarted it afterward.
If you run into any trouble getting admin access working, no worries! Just open a support ticket and our team will gladly take a look with you.