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diff --git a/docs/installing/manual_install.md b/docs/installing/manual_install.md index c84e0f145..0c53fa91b 100644 --- a/docs/installing/manual_install.md +++ b/docs/installing/manual_install.md @@ -339,28 +339,6 @@ localhost interface by adding `--binding=127.0.0.1` The server should have told you the URL to access in your browser to see the site in action. -## Administrator privileges - -The administrative interface is at the URL `/admin`. - -Only users with the `super` admin level can access the admin interface. Users -create their own accounts in the usual way, and then administrators can give -them `super` privileges. - -There is an emergency user account which can be accessed via -`/admin?emergency=1`, using the credentials `ADMIN_USERNAME` and -`ADMIN_PASSWORD`, which are set in `general.yml`. To bootstrap the -first `super` level accounts, you will need to log in as the emergency -user. You can disable the emergency user account by setting `DISABLE_EMERGENCY_USER` to `true` in `general.yml`. - -Users with the superuser role also have extra privileges in the website -frontend, such as being able to categorise any request, being able to view -items that have been hidden from the search, and being presented with "admin" -links next to individual requests and comments in the front end. - -It is possible completely to override the administrator authentication by -setting `SKIP_ADMIN_AUTH` to `true` in `general.yml`. - ## Cron jobs and init scripts The crontab and init scripts use the `.ugly` file format, which is a strange |