AdminGroup
- Login as the internal Wiki administrator:
- Foswiki is configured using ApacheLogin, please login as a normal user first. Then the Admin Login will replace this text
- Logout from Administrator:
NOTE: If you lock yourself out of AdminUser during setup activities or have forgotten the configure password,
you can unset the configure password by editing the
lib/LocalSite.cfg file and deleting the line that starts
with
Foswiki::cfg{Password} and then set it again by saving your settings in
configure.
How to add the first administrator
If you haven't previously set up an administrator, follow these steps:
- Note: This help text will disappear once you have added a user to this group, so read it all before adding your first user.
- Authenticate as the internal administrator:
- Foswiki is configured using ApacheLogin, please login as a normal user first. Then the Admin Login will replace this text
- Scroll down to the Administration section at the bottom of this page
- Expand the "Add User" twisty if necessary
- Enter one or more users into the provided field; eg.
JoeUser, JimUser
- Click the Add User button
- Return to this page by clicking the group name on the confirmation page.
- Logout from the internal administrator
- Verify that new members show up properly in the group listing at Main.WikiGroups
- The ALLOWTOPICHANGE and ALLOWTOPICRENAME settings in System.DefaultPreferences and Main.SitePreferences have already been set to this group (AdminGroup), restricting edit of site-wide preferences to the Wiki Administrator Group
Edit this topic to add a description to the
AdminGroup
Members
AdminUser
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Related topics: AccessControl,
WikiGroups
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