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How To Enable A Password For Your Rust Server

Logging In


When you complete your order, you'll receive a separate email with details on how to create
your account for our control panel, ​control.empowerservers.com​.



Click the Setup Your Account button to create a password and begin using your server.

Finding Your Server IP



Once logged in, Navigate to Server details



Under Server Info you will see your IP.



Make sure to enter the port number at the end after : when connecting to your server.

Starting Your Server



On the Console page, press the Start button to begin using your server.



Installing Oxide



Navigate to your Empower Servers control panel, Once there click configuration > startup parameters and enable OxideMod by changing it to 1.



Make sure to restart your server on the control panel home page to completely install Oxide.

Downloading and Installing The Plugin


You will need to navigate to https://umod.org/plugins/password and download this plugin.
Once it has been downloaded you will need to install it by going to your control panel then clicking management > file management > oxide > plugins



Once the plugin has been uploaded to this folder you will need to restart the server if it is already running.

Setting & Entering A Password


Once your server have been started up you will need to type server.password PASSWORD replacing PASSWORD with the password that you desire.



When you log into the server it will ask you to enter your password. You will need to enter into the chat.



Once entered you will get a success message and you are free to play on your server!

Updated on: 22/01/2024

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