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---+ TWiki Administrator Group


   * Member list (comma-separated list):
      * Set GROUP = 
   * Persons/group who can change the list:
      * Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = TWikiAdminGroup

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

%IF{"(NOT defined GROUP) OR $GROUP = ''" then="" else="<!--"}%
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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 %MAINWEB%.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 [[%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiPreferences]] and [[%MAINWEB%.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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%IF{"(NOT defined GROUP) OR $GROUP = ''" then="" else="-->"}%

__Related topics:__ %WIKIUSERSTOPIC%, TWikiAdminUser, TWikiGroups, %TWIKIWEB%.TWikiAccessControl


