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<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>
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</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>