Granting Operator Permission

Commands like /gamerule, /kill, and /tp need operator (“op”) status to run in-game. Here’s how to grant it.

Promoting a Player

bash

op PlayerName

Run that from the panel’s Terminal tab — no / needed. The player is promoted immediately, no restart required. To remove it again:

bash

deop PlayerName

Note

The player needs to have joined the server at least once before you can op them by name — Minecraft resolves the name to a UUID behind the scenes, which it only has on record after a first join.

Opped players are tracked in ops.json in the server root, which you can also edit directly from the panel’s Files tab.

The Easy Way Around All of This

Any command typed directly into the panel’s Terminal tab always runs with full operator permissions, regardless of who’s opped in-game. If you’re the one making the change and don’t need a player to have standing access, this is usually simpler than opping anyone.