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    Posted by mungbeans posts: 4 Australia

    Well I've managed to do something stupid. Unfortunately I'm so new to the system I don't know how to fix it.

    I went into the User Admin facility and changed the name of admin to mungbeans and also changed the password. I haven't made any other changes to users or permissions. I now find that when I log in using the new name and password that I am a standard user and have no way to fix it up.

    I have full access to the database and underlying files. Help reversing this would be appreciated. I'd hate to have to wipe the database and start over unless I have to.

    Cheers
    Mungbeans

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    Posted by mungbeans posts: 4 Australia

    As usual, defining the problem takes me halfway there to solving it.

    I created a file addadmin.php with the following syntax:

    ^^

    Worked a treat.

    Now - its there a way to rename the admin without this hassle?

    Posted by Rick Sapir / Tiki for Smarties posts: 3665 United States

    >
    > Now - its there a way to rename the admin without this hassle?


    No. But you can:

    1. Create a new Admin group.
    2. Assign the admin permissions to this group.
    3. Add your username to this group.


    Please see this FAQ for details.

    HTH,


    -Rick
    Coming soon: TikiWiki for Dummies Smarties — A beginner's guide to ))TikiWiki((.


    Posted by mungbeans posts: 4 Australia

    Here is the contents of addadmin.php - sorry I don't know how to display code yet:

    include_once('tiki-setup.php');
    $userlib->add_user('admin', 'admin', 'admins_email@gmail.com');


    Posted by mungbeans posts: 4 Australia

    > And there is now a warning about renaming "admin" user.

    Very good idea!