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| author | Dave Whiteland <dave@mysociety.org> | 2014-09-29 11:03:51 -0500 |
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| committer | Gareth Rees <gareth@mysociety.org> | 2014-11-06 17:12:46 +0000 |
| commit | 5ce690b530772ec6dab0c9d12e3f0d3147f7973b (patch) | |
| tree | 525c72284250eb9eb1c5ec4578fb81dc5a6aeb6a /docs/glossary.md | |
| parent | 47e9e966005b108206a49a5e50fae52823a70174 (diff) | |
cleanup of AMI and Next Steps documentation
Includes addition of the "emergency user"
This is largely after following the instructions through on a clean
AMI install and noticing all the pinnch-points where confusiion or
even errors occurred.
revisited on arrival in Mexico (after 2 weeks' holiday, so this got a bit behind)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/glossary.md')
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/glossary.md b/docs/glossary.md index 0029cdc24..b5239a32a 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.md +++ b/docs/glossary.md @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Definitions <li><a href="#capistrano">Capistrano</a></li> <li><a href="#censor-rule">censor rule</a></li> <li><a href="#development">development site</a></li> + <li><a href="#emergency">emergency user</a></li> <li><a href="#foi">freedom of information</a></li> <li><a href="#git">git</a></li> <li><a href="#holding_pen">holding pen</a></li> @@ -231,6 +232,40 @@ Definitions </dd> <dt> + <a name="emergency">emergency user</a> + </dt> + <dd> + Alaveteli ships with a configuration setting for an <strong>emergency user</strong>. + This provides a username and password you can use to access the admin, even though + the user doesn't appear in the database. + <p> + When the system has been bootstrapped (that is, you've used the emergency user to + grant a user account full <em>super</em> privileges), you must disable the emergency + user. + </p> + <div class="more-info"> + <p>More information:</p> + <ul> + <li> + The username and password are defined by the configuration settings + <code><a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/customising/config/#admin_username">ADMIN_USERNAME</a></code> + and + <code><a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/customising/config/#admin_password">ADMIN_PASSWORD</a></code>. + </li> + <li> + For an example of using the emergency user, see + <a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/installing/next_steps/#create-a-superuser-account-for-yourself">creating + a superuser account</a>. + </li> + <li> + Disable the emergency user by setting + <code><a href="{{site.baseurl}}docs/customising/config/#disable_emergency_user">DISABLE_EMERGENCY_USER:</a> true</code> + </li> + </ul> + </div> + </dd> + + <dt> <a name="foi">Freedom of Information</a> (also FOI) </dt> <dd> |