You are not white-listed on this server!

What it means

The server reached the player, accepted their login, and then turned them away because the whitelist is on and their name isn't on it. This one isn't a network fault: the connection worked.

It often catches people out on a fresh server. Recent Minecraft versions ship with the whitelist already switched on, so a brand-new server refuses everyone, including your friends, until you either add them or turn it off.

How to fix it

• Add the player. In the server console run whitelist add PlayerName. It takes effect immediately.
• Or turn the whitelist off if the server is for friends and you'd rather not manage a list: run whitelist off, and set white-list=false in server.properties so it stays off after a restart.
• In Coalstack the list lives on the server's Whitelist & Bans page. New Java servers made on 0.6.8 or later start with the whitelist off, with a checkbox in the New Server wizard if you want it on, and you get a notification naming anyone turned away.
• Spelling counts. Add the name exactly as the player's account is spelled. If the server runs with online-mode=false, the whitelist matches an offline identity that differs from their real account, so a list built one way stops working when you switch the other.

Don't open a public server without a whitelist while online mode is also off; that combination lets anyone join as anyone.

More help

Coalstack's Auto Debugger scans a Java server's log for known errors like this one and links straight to the fix. Download Coalstack to try it.

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