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---+ %PARENTBC% TWiki Administrator Group

This is a super user group that has access to all content, regardless of [[%SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiAccessControl][access control]]. This group has also access to the [[%SCRIPTURL{configure}%][configure]] script to do system level configuration.

%EDITPREFERENCES{ "%SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiPreferencesForm" editbutton="Edit Group Settings" }%

   * Member list (comma-separated list):
      * Set GROUP = 

   * Persons/group who can change the list:
      * Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup

%T% Both settings accept a comma-space delimited list of users and groups in %SYSTEMWEB%.WikiWord format. Groups can be nested.

%INCLUDE{"TWikiAdminUser" section="sudo_login"}%

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__How to add the first administrator:__ %BR%
If you haven't previously set up an administrator, follow these steps:
   1 Authenticate as the internal TWiki administrator:
      * %ADMINLOGIN%
   1 Edit this topic
   1 Insert the wikinames of admin users in the TWiki Administrator Group by listing them in the GROUP setting %BR% (example =* Set GROUP = <nop>JohnSmith, <nop>JamesBond=)
   1 Save this topic
   1 [[%LOGOUTURL%][Logout]] from the Internal TWikiAdminUser
   1 Verify that new members show up properly in the group listing at TWikiGroups
   1 Make sure always to keep this topic write protected by keeping the already defined ALLOWTOPICCHANGE setting
   1 The ALLOWTOPICHANGE and ALLOWTOPICRENAME settings in [[%SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiPreferences]] and [[%USERSWEB%.TWikiPreferences]] have already been set to this group (<nop>TWikiAdminGroup), restricting edit of site-wide preferences to the TWiki Administrator Group
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__Related topics:__ [[TWikiGroups]], [[%SYSTEMWEB%.TWikiAccessControl][TWikiAccessControl]], [[UserList]], [[%WIKIUSERSTOPIC%]], [[TWikiAdminUser]]