How can I enable cheats for the players on a Minecraft Server from the console?

I am running Minecraft on a linux server using a command like this:

java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.1.8.9.jar nogui

I can see how to set gamemode for players and teleport them using this console environment.

But, how do I enable cheats from the console environment so that players have these abilities too?

1 Answer

You have to make players into Operators to allow them to use most commands (see this list). You can do so by running /op <player> either from in game or using the server console.

This command will save these player's data within ops.json, found in your server directory.

Use /deop <player> to remove someone from the list of operators.