---
title: "Adding an Admin User On Your tShock Terraria Server"
description: "Information on how to add an admin user to your tShock Terraria Server"
url: https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/171-adding-an-admin-user-on-your-tshock-terraria-server
collection: "Terraria"
updated: 2026-06-13
language: en
---

# Adding an Admin User On Your tShock Terraria Server

Information on how to add an admin user to your tShock Terraria Server

## Summary

The tShock admin group includes permissions that allow full access to most in-game commands and management tools. As a tShock owner, you can easily create new admin users or promote existing users to the admin group through chat or your server console.

> **Error:** You’ll need to have tShock installed and configured before managing users or groups. Check out our guide on [Installing & Configuring TShock On Your Terraria Server](https://help.chiphead.tech/en/articles/175-installing-and-configuring-tshock-on-your-terraria-server.md).

## Adding a New Admin User

1.  Log in to your server as the tShock owner.
    
2.  In chat, run the following command:
    
    ```javascript
    /sudo /user add <USERNAME> <PASSWORD> admin
    ```
    
    -   Replace <USERNAME> and <PASSWORD> with the desired login credentials for the new admin.
        
3.  Once created, the new user can log in with:
    
    ```javascript
    /login <USERNAME> <PASSWORD>
    ```
    

> **Info:** Tip: You can also enter these commands in the server console. If you’re using the console, remove the /sudo part of the command.

## Changing an Existing User to Admin

1.  Log in as the tShock owner.
    
2.  Use this command to move a player into the admin group:
    
    ```javascript
    /sudo /user group <USERNAME> admin
    ```
    
    -   Replace <USERNAME> with the desired new admin.
        
3.  The player now has admin permissions and can use the full range of tShock commands.
    

> **Info:** If you’re using the server console instead of in-game chat, remember to skip the /sudo prefix.