Discord glossary
Administrator
A permission that grants every other permission and ignores channel overrides.
Administrator is powerful and risky. If an admin account or bot token is compromised, the whole server is exposed. Give specific permissions instead wherever possible.
Related terms
- Permission
- A single ability, like Send Messages or Ban Members, that roles and overrides can allow or deny.
- Role hierarchy
- The order of roles in Server Settings, which decides who can manage whom.
- Audit log
- A record of administrative actions in a server: who changed what, and when.