Whitelist activation for Terraria

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This tutorial is only for Terraria tShock (not Vanilla!)

How do i activate whitelist?

To activate a whitelist for the Terraria server, the following steps must be followed:

• Navigate to your Web Interface
• Stop the server
• Open Config Editor Under the "Settings Menu" on the left hand side
• Enter Terraria (tShock)
  • Find the line "EnableWhitelist": false,
• Change this entry to "EnableWhitelist": true,.
• Start the server for the changes to take effect
  

The Whitelist is now activated.

How do i add a player to the whitelist?

The Whitelist of Terraria works only via IP address. There is no whitelist for the player name or ID.

• Web Interface
• Server Console
• Execute the following command in the server.log command:whitelist IP_Address
  Examples:
  whitelist 192.168.2.1
whitelist 217.199.197.5

How do i change the kick message with Whitelist enabled?

• Navigate to your Web Interface
• Stop the server
• Open Config Editor Under the "Settings Menu" on the left hand side
• Enter Terraria (tShock)
• Find the line "WhitelistKickReason": "You are not on the whitelist.",
• "WhitelistKickReason": "You are not on the Whitelist.",
"WhitelistKickReason": "The server is being maintained.",
• Start the server