I need help setting up Rcon

[Kevsto 0]

I began renting my own server recently and was learning a lot about what I can do to it. Unfortunately when I had finally gotten a fair amount of people on it, we had some hacker attacks and all I knew how to do was kick the guy... Apparently a missed one of the basic things needed to run a server called Rcon which you need to ban people. I looked up how to get it setup and got things like "edit the file "BEServer_activeXXX.cfg" located in "cfgdayz/BattlEye" and add "rconpassword password" to the file" and stuff like that but I have no clue what "cgfdayz/battleye" is or where to find it. finding that file or being told how to get it will be a good start. Might be able to do the rest from there based on what I've found online.

Edited March 28, 2013 by Kevsto

[splinter2k 23]

Kevsto,

When you rented your server, you should have been given access to the Admin Control Panel. Within the Admin control panel, there should be an option to edit and download files. With my server host, the option is called File Manager. The following would be the steps that I take:

1. When I open the file manager, I can see all of the folders and files on my server.
   
2. I click on "cfgdayz", then I click on "BattlEye". This puts me into a folder where I see several files.
   
3. Locate the file named "BEServer_activeXXX.cfg." Note the XXX will be replaced with numbers/letters, such as 161c.
   
4. Once the file is located, click on the edit icon (usually a pencil), next to the file name.
   
5. The file will now open and you can add "rconpassword yourpassword", without the quotes.
   
6. Click the save button.
   
7. Restart your server.
   

Now you can launch the RCON tool and enter your host IP address and Password that you just put in the cfg file above.

The following RCON commands will be helpful to you:

RCon command to Ban a player currently on your server

Ban PlayerNumber BanTime Reason

Example: Ban 1 0 Hacking

Note: The ban time is in minutes. A value of 0 means permanent.

RCon command to Ban a player currently NOT on your server

addBan PlayerGUID BanTime Reason

Example: addBan 123456789101112... 0 Hacking

RCon command to Kick a player currently on your server

Kick PlayerNumber Reason

Example: Kick 1 Illegal Weapon

This should get you started. Take a look at the following links for more administration tips and information:

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/55657-start-here-a-beginners-guide-to-dayz-servers-and-administration/

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/120666-dayz-server-administration-guide/

Regards,

Splinter

[Kevsto 0]

My Server is run with dayz.st and I do have access to my admin control panel but do not know where these files are if they are in fact there.

[splinter2k 23]

Did you try to follow the steps that I outlined for you? Many of the server hosts use the same Admin Control Panel.

[Kevsto 0]

I don't know where or how to open said "file manager".

[splinter2k 23]

Have you looked on the DayZ.st website? Here is a link to a screenshot of the control panel from their website.

http://dayz.st/images/controlpanel.jpg

Does this look like your Control Panel? If so, there is an option on this screen to change the RCon password. Type a new password in that field and click "Save and Restart" at the bottom of the screen. If you still can't figure it out, I would I suggest sending a message to DayZ.st support for further assistance.

Good luck,

Splinter