From: Joey Hess Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 17:32:43 +0000 (-0400) Subject: response X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/c420e057f36b39b8ba4599cc95de7e90407e43ae response --- diff --git a/doc/forum/how_to_login_as_admin.mdwn b/doc/forum/how_to_login_as_admin.mdwn index 67ee9e377..e960d66b3 100644 --- a/doc/forum/how_to_login_as_admin.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/how_to_login_as_admin.mdwn @@ -1 +1,14 @@ -I even managed to set up ikiwiki so it works fine with git; but how on earth do I log in as an administrator? In the .setup file the admin user is set to 'zimek' but when I go and register 'zimek' on the web it appears as normal user not the administrator. What am I missing? +I even managed to set up ikiwiki so it works fine with git; but how on earth do +I log in as an administrator? In the .setup file the admin user is set to +'zimek' but when I go and register 'zimek' on the web it appears as normal user +not the administrator. What am I missing? + +> That's really all there is to it. The [[automatic_setup|setup]] script +> registers the admin user for you before the wiki goes live. If you didn't +> use it, registering the right account name will get you the admin account. +> +> The name is case sensative, perhaps you really spelled one of them `Zimek`? +> +> Or maybe you're the admin, and don't know it? Everything looks the same for the admin, +> except they can edit even locked pages, and can access the websetup interface from their +> Preferences page, if you have that plugin enabled. --[[Joey]]