ARK ServerAdminPassword is blank
Applies to ARK: Survival Ascended.
What causes it
GameUserSettings.ini has no ServerAdminPassword set, so nothing authenticates the admin console. Anyone who reaches the port can run admin and cheat commands, and RCON has no password to check against.
How to fix it
Set ServerAdminPassword in the [ServerSettings] block of GameUserSettings.ini to a long, unique value. thisWithout it, anyone who guesses the port can run admin and cheat commands, and RCON has nothing to authenticate against.
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