Command restriction

[Vercetti1010]

is there a way to restrict a command to only some people? we have our group of admins in our server but we often have to keep some commands secret, such as the opening of our gates at area 51 becasue we do not know how to restritct them. this question comes up becasue I have a perfect jail script, but this absolutley cannot be accessbile to anyone. how might i go about restricting the usage to admins only? just fyi, i do not own the server, i am a scripter for it, so it has to be a way that i can do it without editing the servers files.

here is an example of the script i want to restrict.

function jailPlayer(thePlayer, commandName, jailTarget) 
    theNoob = getPlayerFromNick(jailTarget) 
     
  
    
     
    if (theNoob) then 
        setElementInterior ( theNoob, 10 ) 
        setElementPosition (theNoob, 215.24324035645, 110.02223205566, 999.015625) 
        setElementDimension ( theNoob, 10 ) 
        toggleAllControls ( theNoob, false ) 
        outputChatBox ( "You have been jailed", theNoob, 193, 13, 13 ) 
        outputChatBox ( "You jailed a player", thePlayer, 193, 13, 13 ) 
         
    else 
        outputChatBox ("Error: This player doesn't exist", thePlayer, 193, 13, 13) 
    end 
  
     
  
end 
  
function unJail (thePlayer, commandName, jailTarget) 
     theNoob = getPlayerFromNick(jailTarget) 
      
      
      
  
     if (theNoob) then 
          setElementInterior ( theNoob, 0) 
          setElementPosition (theNoob, 2290.2666015625, 2431.1103515625, 10.8203125) 
          setElementDimension ( theNoob, 0 ) 
          toggleAllControls (theNoob, true) 
          outputChatBox ("You've been released, please behave next time", theNoob, 193, 13, 13) 
          outputChatBox ("You released a player", thePlayer, 193, 13, 13) 
  
     else 
          outputChatBox ("Error: This player doesn't exist", thePlayer, 193, 13, 13 ) 
  
     end     
end 
  
addCommandHandler("jail", jailPlayer) 
addCommandHandler("unjail", unJail ) 

[Stevvo]

Use the ACL, search around for info on the ACL to find out how to use it.

[eAi]

You really have to use the ACL, that is what it is for. It's a matter of adding a line for each command in the admin group and specifying 'false' as the last argument for addCommandHandler for each of the commands you want to restrict.

[Vercetti1010]

our admin system is not like a ususal one and i am not the maker of it nor do i understand it remotely. acl probably will not work for anyone except the top level admins. is there another way i could do this?

[eAi]

ACL works for any group of users - admins, half-admins, moderators, banned players, whatever. You can configure it with the acl.xml file or using the ACL scripting functions.

[Vercetti1010]

ok, that sounds promising. i can ask for the xml from my fellow administrators. how does acl work? i checked on the wiki but it wasnt very comprehensive, it just showed what it does. say i never made an acl.xml file or looked at one ever. after looking at one, what do i do next?

[50p]

acl.xml is located in the same folder as mtaserver.conf and accounts.xml (...\server\mods\deathmatch) and you modify it, you don't create a new one (do you?).

[Vercetti1010]

I would modify it. im guessing i can just follow the format of the commands already there. we definatley need this. our secret commands keep leaking out to the public somehow lol. nobody says a word and everyone in the server can get into area 51. i had a look at the acl.xml and i notice a pattern. i think i understanf how to add commands to a group. is there a way to have it look for an admins nickname. or more likely how do i add someone to a group.

[50p]

To add a used to a group you'll need just add one line:

Just change from Console to the nickname you want to add.