Console/RCON commands
The following commands can be typed into a servers console window if it was started manually. These same commands can be sent to the server from a remote clients chat window by preceding them with the text "/rcon ". For example "/rcon status". But it does require that the remote client be logged in with the admin rights. The following is a list of all of the console commands and brief descriptions on their meaning and use. Some examples show the < and > around the parmaters. Do not include these characters when typing the command.

auth < 0 | 1 | 2 >
Introduced with version 1.03, allows the authorization mode to be changed dynamically. 0 - No Authentication, 1 - Global Password, 2 - Registered Users.

banadd
Adds an IP address, or subnet address, and a reason for the banning to the ban list and ban file. If you specify a subnet like 192.168.0.0/16 then any IP address that starts with 192.168 will be , whereas 192.168.67.0/24 would ban anything that starts with 192.168.67.
Subnet banning was added to the server starting with verison 2.1.2.

bandel
Deletes an IP address from the ban list. Starting with version 1.03 this command will automatically update the ban file. Similar to banadd if you want to remove a ban address that is specified by a subnet then you must also specify the same ip and subnet in the bandel command.
Subnet banning was added to the server starting with version 2.1.2.

banlist
This option will display all of the IP address, the user name of the IP address, the admin who them and a reason why.

clientkick
Instructs the server to disconnect a user where is the users connection ID number.

clientstatus
Introduced with version 1.03, this option will output more detailed information about a specified client.

comment
This option allows the server's comment string to be changed dynamically. The can be anything you want.

diag < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.03, allows the diagnostic mode to be changed dynamically.

filtertts < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.07, enables or disables filtering out of TTS binds.

filterwave < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.07, enables or disables filtering out of wave file binds.

help
Displays the list of possible console commands.

kickall
Introduced with version 1.03, kicks all clients connected to the server. If issued via an "/rcon" command from an admining client, that client is exempted from the kick.

loggrep
Introduced with version 1.07, allows the servers log file to be searched for a specific piece of text. If lines is 0 then all matching entries will be displayed, otherwise only the last number of specified matching the search will be displayed. The search string does NOT support regular expressions and all comparisons are case sensitive.
WARNING: Using this command may cause the server to momentarily interrupt voice communication for all clients depending on the size of the log file. It's also possible that the results will be too long and potentially flood the requesters connection with too much information, thus causing the server to disconnect you. It is probably best that you always specify a number of to limit the results.

maxclients
This option will display the current max client limit for the server.

monitor < 0 | 1 >
This option is only valid when requested from a remote client using the "/rcon" option in the chat window. It instructs the server to send all status and log messages to the client that typed this command. The monitor command is turned on by setting the value to 1, and turned off by a value of 0. Prior to version 1.03 the monitor command was a toggle.

name
Introduced with version 2.0.0, this option will display the server's name and current comment. Usefull for when you start multiple servers on the Linux platform using the "screen" program.

password
Introduced with version 1.03, allows the global login password to be changed dynamically. See the 'auth' cvar to enable the password check.

pingrate <1..10>
Introduced with version 1.07, allows for changing the interval (specified in seconds) that the server will ping the clients.

pingtrace < -2 | -1 | 0 | 1..n >
Introduced with version 1.07, allows for tracing the ping results as they are reported back from the clients. This option is only valid when issued by remote clients and does not work from the server's console window.
-2 = Display the ping results for those clients that are in the same channel.
-1 = Display the ping results for all clients.
0 = Ping tracing disabled.
1..n = Display the ping results for a specific client (specifies the UID)

quit
Forces the server to shutdown. If the server was started by an NT Service control program then it will be automatically restarted in 10 seconds.

serverstatus
Introduced with version 1.03, output detailed status information about the server and specified interfaces.

status
Displays the user id, channel id, login name and IP address for all of the connected users.

timestamp < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.07, enables or disables displaying timestamp's on console and remote console server messages.

tts
This option will send out a Text-to-speech message to all users connected to the server, no matter which channel they are currently in. The can be anything you want. This command and the comment command could be very useful if you are hosting a server that is reserved for a specific amount of time and you want to send TTS messages informing the connected users about how much time remains before the server is shutdown.

version
Displays the application version of the server.

The original Admin Manual, ventrilo_srv.htm, is available for download on Ventrilo's Downloads Page in the Server Package Downloads.

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