TWiki Administrator Group
- Member list (comma-separated list):
- Set GROUP =
- Persons/group who can change the list:
- Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup
How to login as TWikiAdminUser
- Login as the internal TWiki administrator:
- internal admin login (use the username suggested and the password set in configure).
- Logout from Administrator:
- click the Logout link
NOTE: If you lock yourself out of TWikiAdminUser 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 $TWiki::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:
Related topics: TWikiUsers, TWikiAdminUser, TWikiGroups, TWiki.TWikiAccessControl
If you haven't previously set up an administrator, follow these steps:
- Authenticate as the internal TWiki administrator:
- internal admin login (use the username suggested and the password set in configure).
- Edit this topic
- Insert the wikinames of admin users in the TWiki Administrator Group by listing them in the GROUP setting
(example* Set GROUP = JohnSmith, JamesBond) - Save this topic
- Logout from the Internal TWikiAdminUser
- Verify that new members show up properly in the group listing at Main.TWikiGroups
- Make sure always to keep this topic write protected by keeping the already defined ALLOWTOPICCHANGE setting
- The ALLOWTOPICHANGE and ALLOWTOPICRENAME settings in TWiki.TWikiPreferences and Main.TWikiPreferences have already been set to this group (TWikiAdminGroup), restricting edit of site-wide preferences to the TWiki Administrator Group
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