How to Use Rust Oxide Permission System

Important!

Your server must have Oxide installed before adding plugins.

If you don’t have it installed yet, check our guide on How to Install Oxide on Your Rust Server.

If you don’t know how to install plugins, check our guide on How to Install Oxide Plugins on Your Rust Server.

These commands requires a SteamID64; use the guide How to Find a User’s SteamID to get the correct ID.

Note:

Oxide’s permission system lets you control who can use specific commands and features from plugins. Permissions can be assigned to individual users or to groups, giving you full control over server functionality.

By default, Oxide creates two groups:

admin: automatically assigned to server admins.
default: automatically assigned to all other players.

1. Log In to Your Panel

2. Select the ‘Console’ Tab

Cybrancee panel showing the Rust startup page with console tab outlined

3. Enter the Command

Type the desired command in the console field. Available commands are listed in the next step.

cybrancee panel Rust startup page with console tab and console field outlined

4. Oxide Commands Quick Guide

Permissions can be given to:

  • Users – a single player.
  • Groups – all members of a group.
  • Wildcards – e.g., oxide.grant group default * grants all permissions to the default group

Replace:

  • <user/group> → either user or group.
  • <name/steamID> → the player’s SteamID64.
  • <permission> → the specific permission from the plugin you want to assign.

Basic Commands

  • Grant a permission:
    oxide.grant <user/group> <name/steamID> <permission>
  • Revoke a permission:
    oxide.revoke <user/group> <name/steamID> <permission>
  • Grant all permissions to a group (wildcard):
    oxide.grant group default *

Show Permissions

  • Check a user’s permissions
    oxide.show user <steamID>
  • Check a group’s permissions
    oxide.show perms <groupName>
  • Show all permissions on the server
    oxide.show perms
  • List all groups
    oxide.show groups

Group Management

  • Create a new group
    oxide.group add <groupName>
  • Remove an existing group
    oxide.group remove <groupName>
  • Add a player to a group
    oxide.usergroup add <steamID> <groupName>
  • Remove a player from a group
    oxide.usergroup remove <steamID> <groupName>

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