`rcon`

Base Jedi Academy

Execute commands remotely to a server

At a glance

Field	Value
Category	Server & networking
Module	`engine-client`
Also registered in	`engine-client`
Renderer	All / not renderer-specific
Network scope	`client-only` — Local to the client/UI/renderer.
Derivation	`documented`
Confidence	`high`
In-game xdocs	No
In-game menu	No
Syntax	`rcon`
Cheat protected	No

Arguments and gating

No verified argument schema is available beyond the syntax shown above.

Provenance

Origin: Base Jedi Academy

Baseline evidence: 14cea1563762
Upstream registration evidence: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:2684
Attribution method: present-in-openjk-initial-source-import
Attribution confidence: high
Notes: Identifier is present in OpenJK’s initial Raven source-import snapshot.

Later changes

These commits occur after the ultimate-origin introduction on TaystJK’s inherited first-parent lineage. Registration evidence is exact; behavior evidence requires a changed bound cvar reference or a changed registered command-handler hunk.

Date	Change source	Commit / subject	Evidence	Confidence
`2013-04-07`	OpenJK	`883d63a45910` Buffer overflow in CL_Rcon_f + Send full untokenized string	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2013-04-07`	OpenJK	`2e3f40f9de8e` Appears i forgot some of the productid stuff	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2013-04-07`	OpenJK	`62c08daffa41` Challenge and Print security fixes on client	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2014-01-30`	OpenJK	`d3a6d2b9b9d2` [MP] Style: remove superfluous whitespace	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2015-11-13`	OpenJK	`5ef5d7214371` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2016-03-24`	EternalJK	`c9c6ab99fdd2` Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK into japro	Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`
`2024-09-22`	OpenJK	`ecf4edf9ad98` · PR #209 OpenJK Update (#209)	Changed the registered command handler. `codemp/client/cl_main.cpp`	`medium`

Evidence

registration: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:3487 (Cmd_AddCommand)
handler: codemp/client/cl_main.cpp:1238