Minetest Privileges

The privileges given to players in a Minetest world are stored in the "auth.txt" file. This is a plain-text file that lists one player per line. For example, "auth.txt" can be found at ~/.minetest/worlds/World-Name/auth.txt. A line from the file may look like

Player:XEOx4UkLyrUtXbkTkqP9Ei1mO70:interact,teleport,areas,worldedit,bring,fast,server,ban,shout,privs,fly,noclip,settime,give

Below is a list of each privilege and a brief description of each.

Chat

• shout - chat with other people

Gameplay

• areas - set property boundaries
• bring - teleport a another player to the player using this ability
• fast - move faster
• fly - fly by holding down the button used to jump
• give - use the /give and /giveme commands
• interact - build, dig, mine, blocks, etc.
• noclip - walk through blocks (must use with "fly")
• teleport - use the /teleport command to teleport to specified coordinates

Moderator and Admin Privileges

• all - all privileges
• ban - ban/unban IPs and names using /ban and /unban
• basic_privs - grant "interact" and "shout" privileges to other players
• kick - kick a player
• privs - grant privileges to players
• server - server-maintenance commands such as /shutdown, /clearobjects, /set, etc.
• rollback - can use the rollback functionality

World Manipulation

• settime - can set time using /time
• worldedit - (if the Worldedit mod is enabled) use the chat-box to manipulate the world and build mega-structures