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TWiki Administrator Group

'Related topics:' %WIKIUSERSTOPIC%, TWikiGroups, %TWIKIWEB%.TWikiAccessControl

'%X% NOTE:' If you happen to lock yourself out of <nop>TWikiAdminGroup during setup activities, you can edit this group topic at file system level using any text file editor (as a last resort.)

<table bgcolor="yellow"><tr><td> 'Setup Note to Administrator:'

  1. Verify that user authentication is working
  2. Edit this group topic (click Edit)
  3. Insert wanted %MAINWEB%.TWikiUsers in the TWiki Administrator Group by listing them in the GROUP setting %BR%
    • (please remove the demonstration user 'ATWikiUser' as well)
  4. Save this topic
  5. Verify that new members show up properly in the group listing at %MAINWEB%.TWikiGroups
  6. Write protect this topic by removing the # sign from the ALLOWTOPICCHANGE setting
  7. Save this topic again - <nop>TWikiAdminGroup is now locked to allow editing only by listed users in GROUP

  8. Suggestion: Add the ALLOWTOPICHANGE setting to ["%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiPreferences"] and ["%MAINWEB%.TWikiPreferences"] and set it to this group (<nop>TWikiAdminGroup),

    • restricting edit of site-wide preferences to the TWiki Administrator Group
  9. Remove this setup note after you have finished setup

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