- add "serverpass_get" command to show current server password
 - change "serverpass" to "serverpass_set" to differentiate from above
---
 init.lua | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 init.lua

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b9a603a..bdb1476
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ local xr = {
 minetest.register_chatcommand("xban_record", xr)
 minetest.register_chatcommand("xr", xr)
 
-minetest.register_chatcommand("serverpass", {
+minetest.register_chatcommand("serverpass_set", {
 	description = "set a server password",
 	params = "<password>",
 	privs = { kick=true },
@@ -459,6 +459,19 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("serverpass", {
 		minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Changed server password to \""..param.."\".")
 	end
 })
+minetest.register_chatcommand("serverpass_get", {
+	description = "view the server password",
+	params = "",
+	privs = { kick=true },
+	func = function(name,param)
+		local pass = minetest.settings:get("default_password")
+		if not pass or pass == "" then
+			minetest.chat_send_player(name,"No password set. Server is open to the public")
+		else
+			minetest.chat_send_player(name,"Current password: \""..pass.."\"")
+		end
+	end
+})
 
 minetest.register_chatcommand("xban_wl", {
 	description = "Manages the whitelist",
-- 
2.33.0

The current way how we use this function was to set a random password to
prevent new users from joining at all, so if people wanted to join, we
reset the password to some known value, and let people join.