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    Disabled admin - locked out of web GUI

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    • N Offline
      nug
      last edited by

      I'm an idiot.

      I stupidly disabled admin access without giving correct permissions to my general user for the web GUI stuff.  Am I able to do something from the shell/console to re-enable admin access?

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        doktornotor Banned
        last edited by

        You might want to file a bug; something like this just shouldn't be allowed by the GUI.

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          nug
          last edited by

          I'm not at home to have a go at fixing this yet but is this a setting in /conf/config.xml that I would be able to edit via the shell?

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            NOYB
            last edited by

            @nug:

            Am I able to do something from the shell/console to re-enable admin access?

            When/If you have access to the console you can restore the previous config.

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              RonpfS
              last edited by

              Or to Reset the webConfigurator password ;)

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