From d41e59dc1af1880e96a8f13b7efdcc9746aa36d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gareth Rees Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 10:42:00 +0100 Subject: Move Administrator Privileges to Admin Manual Administrator Privileges section has nothing to do with installing, so moved it to the Admin Manual. --- docs/installing/manual_install.md | 22 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/installing/manual_install.md') diff --git a/docs/installing/manual_install.md b/docs/installing/manual_install.md index 0c6efb1d9..4a98c9be2 100644 --- a/docs/installing/manual_install.md +++ b/docs/installing/manual_install.md @@ -327,28 +327,6 @@ 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 `config/crontab-example` contains the cronjobs run on WhatDoTheyKnow. It's in a -- cgit v1.2.3