Introducing Admin Mod

Admin Mod is a modification add-on for the Half-Life Dedicated server , commonly used for Counter-Strike and Team Fortress Internet game play, among a significant list of other modifications (commonly called “mods”) of the original Half Life game. A list of supported game mods appears below.

 

What is Admin Mod?

 

This server-side modification application will let you give people access to manage and administer your HLDS (Half-Life Dedicated Server) machines, without giving direct access to rcon (server-speak terminology for “Remote Console”). It also lets you define users who can access the server to play, each with a different password, and allows you to assign players the ability to execute Admin Mod's commands during the game. The security is configurable per-player, meaning you can assign each player differing access levels, and therefore allow or restrict any given set of Admin Mod commands.

 

It is a plug-in modification designed to work alongside the following mods.

 

(Note that some of the mods listed may have changed versions or been updated since this list was last updated, and therefore may not be completely compatible. Also  note that there may be mods that are not list which Admin Mod will work with. Always use the latest version of the MetaMod DLL file, available from the MetaMod web site, to assure you are current and able to use Admin Mod with the latest supported games.)

 

 

(NOTE - If you are a mod author contact Will Day at http://www.meta-mod.org so he can add support for your mod, its easy to do. He will need a complete list of the game's entities)   

 

With the advent of version 2.50, all Admin Mod command functionality has been made accessible via the dedicated server console, meaning that server owners and admins can now execute Admin Mod functions without being in the game itself. To take advantage of this, the server admin would either enter the commands directly in the dedicated server window, or would use a remote console tool to “rcon” into the dedicated server and execute commands. Any Admin Mod command can be executed in this fashion by preceding the desired command with "admin_command" - So to do an "admin_say Hello there..." command in the HLDS window, one would simply type: "admin_command admin_say Hello there..."

 

As Alfred and the team have written this mod they have taken security into mind, so there should be no problems with the code (but there is always a possibility... Remember that security is an ongoing process both for software authors and the people who use the software). Source code is made available when it is stable via the Admin Mod web site.

 

If you are interested in contacting Alfred, the original author of the Admin Mod, or if you are interested in participating in the community of server administrators who use the Admin Mod on their servers, please see “Where to go for more help” at the end of this document.