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Server Permissions
Permissions can be assigned to groups and individual players on a server. These permissions control what a player may do on the server. Many of the permissions control which commands can be used by players.
| Permission | Description |
| actionMessage | Allowed to use /me |
| adminMessageReceive | Player receives messages sent to the admin channel |
| adminMessageSend | Player may send messages to the admin channel |
| antiban | Player is immune to /ban |
| antideregister | Player cannot be deregistered with /deregister |
| antikick | Player is immune to /kick |
| antikill | Player is immune to /kill |
| antipoll | Player is immune to /poll |
| antipollban | Player is immune banning with /poll |
| antipollkick | Player is immune kicking with /poll |
| antipollkill | Player is immune killing with /poll |
| ban | Player may ban other players with /ban |
| banlist | Player may list active bans with /banlist |
| countdown | Player may issue /countdown |
| date | Player may query the date and time from the server with /date |
| endGame | Player may issue /endgame |
| flagHistory | Player allowed to use /flaghistory |
| flagMaster | Player allowed to use /flag give and /flag take |
| flagMod | Player allowed to use /flag |
| hideAdmin | Player doesn't show @ |
| idlestats | Player allowed to use /idlestats |
| info | |
| kick | Player allowed to use /kick |
| kill | Player allowed to use /kill |
| lagstats | Player may use /lagstats to query the latency of players |
| lagwarn | Player may use /lagwarn to query or set lagwarn variable |
| listPerms | Lists server permissions the user currently has |
| masterban | Player may use /masterban |
| mute | Player may use /mute |
| playerList | Player may use /playerlist |
| plugins | Player may use /loadplugin and /unloadplugin. Requires bzflag to be built with the optional plug-in support, available in version 2.0.10+. |
| poll | Player may use /poll |
| pollBan | Player may use /poll ban |
| pollFlagReset | Player may use /poll flagreset |
| pollKick | Player may use /poll kick |
| pollKill | Player may use /poll kill |
| pollSet | Player may use /poll set |
| privateMessage | Player may send private messages with '.' |
| record | Player may use /record |
| rejoin | Allows instant rejoin, regardless of _rejoinTime |
| removePerms | May remove permissions from players |
| replay | Player allowed to use /replay |
| requireIdentify | Registered callsigns must identify before they are allowed to spawn |
| say | Player allowed to use /say |
| sendHelp | Player allowed to use /sendhelp |
| setAll | Grants all set* perms |
| setPerms | May grant permissions to players |
| setVar | Player allowed ot use /set |
| shortBan | Allowed bans with limited durations only |
| showOthers | May use /showgroup on other callsigns |
| shutdownServer | Player allowed to use /shutdownserver |
| spawn | Join game as a player. Observers don't need this permission. |
| superkill | Player allowed to use /superkill |
| talk | Allows player to send messages. |
| unban | Player may use /unban |
| unmute | Player may use /unmute |
| veto | Player may use /veto |
| viewReports | Player may use /viewreports |
| vote | Player may use /vote |