Make yourself op/admin
Grant yourself full admin rights on a Victus Minecraft server with the op command from the console — plus notes on Vanilla op levels and plugin permissions.
Being "op" (operator) gives you admin powers in-game: gamemode changes, teleporting, giving items, and running admin commands. The safest way to op yourself is from the panel console, because the console runs as the server itself and does not need to be op first.
Op yourself from the console
- Start the server and join it once so it knows your account.
- Open the Console tab and type
op <yourUsername>(no slash needed in the console). - You now have operator status — you can use admin commands in-game immediately.
- To remove op from someone:
deop <username>.
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deop GrieferAn op can do almost anything, including changing gamerules and, on Vanilla, editing files via commands. Only op people you fully trust. Combine op with a whitelist so strangers cannot even join.
Vanilla op levels vs. plugin permissions
- On Vanilla you can set the default op power via
op-permission-level(1–4) inserver.properties; level 4 is full access. - On Paper/Purpur/Spigot, op grants all permissions by default, but a permissions plugin (LuckPerms, etc.) gives you fine-grained control over who can run what.
- For public servers, prefer a permissions plugin with limited roles over op-ing many people.
Being op is an in-game role only. Letting someone manage the panel (console, files, restarts) is a different thing — add them as a subuser instead. See "Add sub-users (co-owners)".